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( 1 17 VOLUME XLIII. COLUMBUS, OHIO, TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 1853. NUMBER 34. lUccklji Ijio State Journal U PUBLISHED AT COLOUB08 EVERY TUESDAY MORNING, IT COn BA8C0M, JOIIUfAL lOtLOlHOI, BIOH A5D mu tTUITf MTUH01 OH MM. TERMS Invariably in attvann: In Colainbul, t2 00 KTnr; by mail. 91.60; oluU of fbur and upwarili, 9l.'lil of ten and upward,, 010'). TI1H DAI IT JOURNAL It fumlArt to city lubicrlbert at M.00, and by Diall at .ri.00 a yi'ar. T1IK TIU-U'EKiay JOURNAL la WOO year. RATES OF ADVKRT18MQ IN Tim WEEKLY JOURNAL hauuan, Naquani, 8 aqunrt., k aquarel, Tfil 001 261 76. E8 Ml 005 000 M8 761 261 76a ffia 604 006 000 006 0O: 1 001 762 263 604 606 00,6 60S 0011. 1 26 2 26 8 60 4 00 6 000 008 0010. 14. 28. squars, ehangMble monthly, 620s year ; wiwkly,, m column, cnanRc&Me quarterly Mj column, elianm-ahls nuartcrlv Ileolunm, I chjtogealjla 4uarterly 100. 10 IItim of this ilv-d tyx Is reckoned a square. AdTertlwmsnts ordered on the liwiila axclueifisiy, double tha ra(M. All iMdetl notion ouarged double, ud mMsured as If wild. .foreign Correspondence. Paris, March S3, 1853. President Pierce's message has been translated and published in all the journals of Paris in the official journal without comments, but in all ilia others with vurioiia toned remarks. The criticisms on the wholo are fnvorablo, while in some instance they amount to eulogy. The distinguished EmiledoGi-rani in, Editor of iho Presto, terminate a favorable leader, by saying that every one must admit I hat ihe Americans are the fasten t pooplo In the world. Editors are, however, like students, prono to republicanism ; and theio poor Govornment cursed gentlemen, who, asGirardiu himself any 3, live upon tho breath ol the Prefect of Police, and who never rise up in the morning without expecting in lie down in a prison at night, nro rejoiced to full upon sumo foreign prey, upon which they can lot oft a liltlo of their pent-up republican! m. The London Times gnvo three successive leaders on tho inaugural, the last of which was one of the most sevore criticisms I ovor recollect of reading. It dissected the messigo into as many gltritig faults almost os ihero are sentences; audi am inclined to believe that if lint criticism should ever meet iho eyo nf the President, ho will he himself convinced, that there was a great want of deliberation in tho manner in winch he laid down tho principles nf his administration. In ono sense of ihe word tho Times is a friend to General Pierce, for it rocoived hi nomination and election with a perfect phrenzy of exultation, and supported hii claims, personally and on principle, throughout tho entire campaign. Hut noiwithstnnd-ing these apparont contradictions, the motives which actuate that grent leading journal nro transparent enough. I will add one remark of tho Times. It says that it was certainly in bad taste, to use tho very mildest language, for General Pierre not only to omit in presence of all the foreign ministers to utter one word in tho hope that tho friendly relations now existing should continue to exist between the various governments of the world and oar own, but on the contrary, when he uttered his strongest "territory extension" sentiments, he turned to those ministers, and by bis action gave to his expressions a kind of menacing color which could not be misconstrued. It asks where is the boasted courtesy of General Pierce? and is it the Intention of the Young America party to isolate its country from the other nations of the world, and to show a contempt for all the established usages and courtesies which have heretofore prevailed? Tho comments of tho French papers en tho Ericsson invention nro numerous, in somo instances lengthy, and generally highly favorable. An engineer of eminence, suiting member. Coming away from that meeting he under instructions from iho Navy Department, has took tho cold which ihn-w him into Ins fatal ink nets made a lengihy report on the subject, in which he j He was a Spaniard by birth, and as lute as seventeen taken ground in favor of Its practicability, but with! yours nl ago was a sailor on the Mediterranean; and heads to the memory of the martyrs of liberty lying beneath their feet. There was no longer any mistake, and the police were iu consternation. But the proces sion was near the cemetery, the body was buried qui etly, and the people, dispersed. When the Emperor heard of the movement, it is said he was furious, and wrote a violent letter to the prefect of police. He was astonished to find, after the cxamplos he had given them of his power, that people should have dared to make so open a demonstration. Dut if I mistake not the signs ol the times, he will seo some demonstrations before long leas equivocal than that. His power is neither growing in grace nor in strength, whatever the people about him may think or say. If the mighty Nicholas, of Russia, who now holds the peace of Europe in bis hands, chooses to array Russia, Prussia, and Austria against England, Franco and Turkey, wo expect to seo sights in this section of the great battle ground. A foreign war will not consolidate the power or the permanency of the Government of Louis Napoleon. No sovereign who ever occupied tho throne of Fruuce has had so many bitter fuc lions to contend with as has the present ruler. It is now reported a second time by the people he longing to (he Tuilleries, that the Empress is enciente. The interesting on dit is no doubt trtio. Many believe that the Emperor, with his natural caution, bis desire to perpetuate bis dynasty, the sad example of his uncle before htm, and with his knowledge of tho uncertain qualities of French women iu high lifo, he would not bo likoly to go so far in tho matter of the successorihip upon doubtful grounds. Hence the early report from that quarter. As curiously connected with this subject it may be mentioned that the Emperor's health, which has been bnd for some years, does not improve. His chief surgeon, whom I know, told mo this morning, that he was with iho Emperor last night at the Palace of St. Olond, where bo was suddenly taken sick, from soven o'clock till twelve. His surgeons fear that his principal malady is a ramnlliBsetnent of the spinal marrow. Thanks to the peculiar notions of French modi-cal men, they are giving him the ' expectant treatment,' which means nothing, with the addition of an occasion al lavement of marsbmallow! His medical advisers, true courtiers as they aro, think that ho cannot live but a fuw years at farthest ! Quito definite. If it is a well declared, true rnmollissement, he certainly cannot re-1 covor, neither can ho llvo very many years. Moreover, he will be likely to sink into a gradual state of inanition of both mind and body. In regard to the Empress, : ono thing in tolerably certain: wilb her ambitious views, robust benlih and voluptuousness, the loyal hopes of the French poople will not be likely to remain long in a state nf Btispetno for want of an heir presumptive.The death of Marshal Ilaynnu at Vienna, wus quite unexpected. At midnight he returned to his hotel from tho Commercial Club, and at half past ono lie awakened his servant to bring him a glass of water. When the servant returned with the glass of water, the General was in the agonies of death. Ho died of apoplexy. Certain vital symptoms having been discovered on the body of tho Gonernl after death, strong efforts were made by bis physicians to reanimate tho body, but without producing any results. Tho Ixmrso which conveyed the body of the Marshal to the tomb was drawn by six black horses, and preceded by his war horse. It was followed by a chevalier clothed in ar mor of iron and carrying a sword, and by a crowd nf persons of distinction, amongst whom were three archdukes, the Prince WindiBcliraelz, etc. The death nf the illustrious chemist, Orfila, which occurred I ait week, after an attack of pneumonia of five days' duration, his left a void in the Academy of Medi cine of Paris which cannot bo again soon filled. Ho has perhaps contributed more to the science of chemistry that is truly valuable, thnn any man who has ever lived. Six days beforo his death I heard him make a speech at a dinner party of a medical society, in per foct good health ; from iho dinner he went to a meeting of a board of railroad director, of which he was a con lintckcrbotkcr osstp. car tu in qualifications. The English, mors jealous ol their great maritime rival than the French, at first el -litm-d the invention as having bean first discovered in England many years ngo ; mid now conse not, from day to day, to pronounce It a fit il urn, Thero is no subject upon which Americans hero feel more interest than .n the success of ihis caloric principle. The sudden order of the Secretary of tho Navy has reassured them, while it has amazed tho Europeans as a new eiamplo or our go-nhonditivenosa They begin to think and to say " that there is nothing too great or . too difficult for thai people lo engage in," and the rapidity with which they execute their projects is the most astonishing part of it. Ono who looks on here, from day to day, at tho snail pace with which every new project is accomplished, trilling as it is, iho running hern mid thero, the pulling and blowing, the appointing of servants the gelling up of livery, tho registering and ro-registering, the feeing and feeding of lawyers, and all the interminable details of the "getting up," and finally tho ultor "behind tho ago" nature of the solemn farce when finished, cannot but look at iho power that is in the great bruin of the young Republic with a pride that knows no bounds. And bore I wish to mako a remark which I hope every ono who reads this communication will recollect, for it bears upon a subject of vast importance to tho American peoplo. I have not seen a single- American in Europe, amongst several hundred with whom I have conversed, but whose opinions have boon modified on Iho subject of homo politics, and who does not go home with an iucreased lovo of his country, with a better insight into the position which it sustains in iho world of nations, and with an Increased knowledge of his duties as a patriotic citizen of tho Republic. (Of course those shallow minded fops who cum here for fashion and choup women, and who have no iuflucnco cither at homo or abroad, are excluded from the nutnher.) This modified feeling is observed particularly on tho subject of slavery and the violent party divisions which exist. To so great an extent does this softened down feeling manifest itself that it is difficult to recog-1 nizo in conversation to what soction of party or country a man belongs. The mighty mission, which all can mora readily see from this point, our country has to fulfill, at once does away with tho feelings which actuated them at homo, and here they are simply Americans. Icauoot now take up a violent party paper from America, and read the acrimonious attacks which are there made on parties and sections, without involuntarily laying It down with a feeling of horror at the dangers which surround the high mission which our country is appointed to accomplish. It Is the magnitude of this mission, as seen from the midst of ihe old rotten monarchies of Europe which intensifies these feelings. I have soon hero old, gray -headed men from our country, who were partisans at home, talking on this subject until the tears started to their oyes. Nut a day passes that we am not t ld by tho French and English papers, that the time will como whon the extension of torrltury, tho violenco of party politics, the acrimonious feelings growing out of the slavery question, and the iutrigues that will grow out of a variety of interests, will have weakened the ties which hold the Union together to the last point of endurance, and the Republic will be numborcd amongst ihe things that were. Wo don't admit its probability; but wo cannot, at tho same time, deny its possibility. The police restrictions of Paris have been considera bly increased wiihiu Iho last week, owing to a demon stration which took placo nt funeral in the Latin tiuar- ter. The wife of M. Raspail, an ex-Representative, who has been In prison since 1818, for political offen ces, lately died a few leagues from Paris. On her death bed sho demanded to see her husband. Her request was at first refused by the Government, and was only acceded to when it was too late, M. Raspail arrived under a strong guard to seo his wife a corpse. His gTief was so intense that he had to be torn from the lifeless body by force. According to hor request she was brought to her town bouse In tho rue Monsieur lo Priuce, from thero to bo carried lo the Gcmetory of Vin la Chaise. Tho polici not expecting any excitement, they wero astonished to find, when the procession started from the Latin Quarter, that there worn at least five thonsand persons, many of whom wero roc-ognixed by tho police as Republicans, and all of whom wero in fact either Republicans or Legitimists. It was in reality a political demonstration. The funeral passed on, and when It reached tho Place do la Bastille, where stood the old prison-house of the Revolution, so memorable in history, and where now repose ih bones of several hundred of the martyred victims of the Revolution of 1830, a student cried oat " Chapeaa has ! " and the whole procession, which had now augmented very considerably, took off their bats and bowed their he d'ed the most distinguished man nf his profession, covered with titles and honors, and vory wealthy. r'rom the Knickerbocker for April. THE BIBD-FANCIEBS. Wo wish that our readers could hear tho writer of the following sketch of 'The Bird Fanciers' depict the samcvscetio and conversation orally. It is a richer treat than any one act farce to which we ever had the pieaatuhMil listening Tho corner of Fulton and Naisau streots, now The Sun office corner, was once the celebrated Shalt 8 pea re i avern, Kent ny Hodgfcinson, a retired actor, a gentle man and a wit. Here congregated all the eccentrics oi mo iime, auu among I tie in many wnoae equals at this day would scarcely bo found visiting a tavern. But not so Caen. George Frederick Cooke, J. W.Jarvia, Vlicah Hawkins, and a host of oihors, equally well known, were the nightly inmntesuf this omnium of eccentrics, indeed, Hodgkinson's was the Exchange, for fun and humor. Old-style Now Yorkers wero moderate in their libations; but still, the single pot of uio, or us equivalent, was tho necessary accompaui ment of an evening's gossip. Ono little table, iu a sly cornor, seemed by common consent to be sacred for a special use every evening Irom eight to nine o'clock: mid if a stranger should by accident seat himself alongside this table, some of the guests would inform him that ho had better lake another soat, and leave those for The Bird Fanciers' or he might 'spoil the quarrol.' Many a night have I gone to this room at a few minutes beforo eight o'clock, to see ' the quarrel ' aforesaid. Just as tho clock struck eight, in would como Jommy Bessonet, at the Fulton street door, ami at about the same time John Lentner would outer by the Nassau street door. If either should arrive ono minute he-fore the oilier, ho would look vacantly around the room until his companion arrived. This had occurred every night for twenty years. Jemmy Bessonet was a dealer in birds, bird cages and wooden ware, in Nassau street, three doors above Maiden lane, and was cele brated tor his Minn, a talking-bird of superior quality, which you onco immortalized in tho Knickerbocker. John Lentner manufactured tiihiug-tackle and sold birds in hair, now 1-niton street, near Golden Hill, and wus celebrated for his untiring friendship for Jemmy Bessonet, and for an excess of patience, which constituted him a good fisherman. 'How d'ye do, Johnny?' How d'ye do, Jemmy V 'What nro you going to try a Utile of J' 'Well, I don't know: what are von truing to try a little of?' And to the unpractised ovu they renllv seemed in doubt; but in fact, neither of them had overdrunk any thing but a singlo mug of ale iu an evening in all j nis uie. i Well,' flivs Johnny, 'I guess I'll try a mug of beor: Abraham, bring me a mug of beer.' Hnug me a mug ol beer, too, Ahram, echoes jemmy, to the old mulatto bar-keoper. Down went the two mugs on the table, dripping with both froth and cold-nesii, for Abram alwn)s gtive lull measure I name this ns a peculiarity of the olden time. jo tinny aim jemmy now seized i lie uanuies oi ineir separate mugs; and while their faces looked like a conglomerate of palates, with mouths peculiarly shaped to receive the potent liqnor, a slight nod, but full of complimentary 'good health, announced that a por tion from eacli mug was about to ho swuiioweii: tiien their visages relaxed, and the usual conversation commenced : 1 Well, Jimmy, how is your Minn T1 'Oh, beautiful: he is a great bird, that Mino. If any body cornea in, ho calls out, 'Jemmy! shop! coming!' You see I used to say, 'Coming,' and now Mino says it too. Alderman Bracket said t'other day that they wasa-goin' to indict my bird forruisin' an alarm of firo; that Tommy Franklin, tho Chief Engineer, heard him do it. He calls nut, when the ingines are cumin', Hurrah, Nino! hurrah, Three!' ho known them all apart. Tho ouly thing that bothers mo with that bird, is his always saying, when any body asks the price of any ihtng, 'Two nud six :' You know, Johnny, I ased in sell Ilium wooden bowls attwo-and-six, but now I ask tbreo shillin's; but Mino sticks to (he old prico. ' Well, Jimmy, tlint it a great bird : 1 always said it, and always will. I wish your English mocking-bird was ns good as your Mino. ' Why T What's the matter with my English mock ing-bird f Did you ever sen a better bird! did you ever see a better-throated bird: call him a perfect bird.' Do you, thought Well now, Jimmy, I don't want to hurt your feelings; but that bird has got a good many laulls, and he can t hem it ; 'lie sum atnt in him. I look athimclus: ho hai tbreo faulty feathers on the left side of his neck, and the fourth tail-feather has n bad quill; it's chalky; It hasn't oil enough in it tn It eon it supple; lost you look at lus tail ol a cold IJoclrrj. Ma TLB Grovr, Fhasklik Co., April, 1S.3. Mr. Bascom : In a little paper called the In- fcntrc." published by the "Union Selion! " in Circle- vine, i n ml iho following. Kadi number ol the paper, besides compositions from the pupils, &c, contains a monthly paper from iho respect ivo teachers. There-port from Miss F. II. Sphknolr, ono of the teachers, is enriched with the following beautiful and touching lit- tlo tribute to the memory of two of her scholars, recent ly deceased, iioiti in conception and expression it is a gem. lou will confer n favor upon nil true lovers ol poetry ly publishing it. Yours truly, A. McF. Whon our " Union School" was first organized, I found in my room mid under my charge, among others, two interesting Gorman boys brothers. 1 was much ploascd with them, fur they manifested a love of learning above their years, and wore besides, btight-eyed, noble-hearted children. On coming together again al ter a vacation of two weeks in January, they were absent, 'iiniiiring particularly into tho cause, I found thni they had both been attacked with scarlet fever, had died nnd been buried side by side in the grave yard. Every chord iu my being was touched ! Pwcpt away In childhood's beauty, In thrlr Mrlimt, tendnr jew, Kro the path of life grew thorny, Or their bright eyes dim with tests; Kro Ino winds of Time blew stormy, Ere their souls encountered fears. Yflsl (he atisdow fell upon them, And llielr little lamps went out, Ere three earthly bores had echoed Oftrn to the joyous shorn. Short their Journr-y lo the "vsllrj," For lb" gluttons heights above l.ured them, by their wondrous beauty, Upward to tho world of love. Swift their little barks awrpt over Jordan's cold snd fanning wave Quick Ihelr little spirit fluttered Hackwnrd onto Him who gate. Yet) we know they're blooming brightly In the fnlr erlealisl bowers; Still we miss them, oh I so often, Prom this sadder world of ours. And whene'er the walls of mcm'ry Open wide their pearly gates, Kntereth to two shining angels Two dear blesied 8plrltmatea. And the glory on their toroheada Makftb bright the path tbey trend ; And they smile so swoetlv on ns, Thst wo cannot think them dead. nnd his sacrifices for the good of society, his own children hated and feared him. It was their duty to over look nis faults, and aituougn ne was always very kind and amiable to all mankind in general, surely a man has a right to be as cross and ill-humored as he pleases in a house of his own, and whicli was paid for out of the fruits of his own enterprise, lo deny this, would bo to deny the sanctify of the domestic altar. If he aoused and insulted, in moments or irritation, ins own children, he did not diminish his charities. He con tinued to givn liberally to beggars, although he never gave a coin oi pin-money io nis uaughters. ooiomon Drowse ii au a rigoi iu uo mis, anu who buouiucomplain? ' What a splendid reputation he had out of his own house ! There ihe theatre of bis benevolence was too circumscribed for his largo heart, and he scor ed to labor on so smalt n scale. Every body praised him for his goodness, and bis expansive sympathies en larged from dav to day. He was indeed a man of feeling. 4 Often hns he went over the sad story of some noor. destitute emigrant woman, while standing with hat in hand profoundly and benevolently listening, with a complacency of encouragement (hut was really won derful : and 1 have seen him pour tho balm of his feeling heart into the wounds of a wooden-legged voieran of 181'-!- 'What a noble fellowl' he would say, the tear running down his cheeks, while his heart beat with pride and gratitude to the defenders of his coun- try' .... . . I bus Solomon Browso went about doing good. It was a tiocosary instinct of bis nature. It was temper ament wiih him, and bo could not help it. He was for over projecting associations for the relief of destitution, and was continually laying out and recommend-in? plans which society was bound to support, for its distressed members. His name was posted up in every public asylum as its founder or patron; and thoBO who associated with him were gro.it udmirers of his benevolent face, and were for ever praising hi nanny smile. near, good man! they would say, what a blessing to society !' We hivo said Ins childron hated turn. His wife told him ho was a humbug, and this always irritated him. Ho resented it always, and went on abusing all at home and doing good abroad. o left home ono night, niter a quarrel with his wife because the last box of tea was used up, and also because she wanted a few shillings for a bonnet for their eldest daughter. ' Her oxtravagance,' ho said, 'would be the ruin of him I' He presided that very night, with matchless dignity nnd grace, et the anniversary meeting uf tho ' Bread-aud-llutter Society.', Ills speech breathed tho vory aroma of putlautliropy, nnd filled tho whole hull with a delightful fragrance. Tho next morning it was published in all Iho papers. It was eloquent, nnd tilled with tho noblest sentiments of humanity, bringing down blessings and npplause upon ! his benevolent head. I need no I say how calmly and gracefully be received the adulation of his audience ; waning his hand with a beautiiul motion, as it unwil ling to disturb the serenity of his soul on such an occasion. Alter the adjournment, tho poor members nf tho ' Bread end-Butter Society ' thronged around him, pressed his soft baud, and implored Heaven's blessings upon his noble and disinterested efforts in their behalf. What an honor to be on such terms with him ! Thai night, by accident, ho had forgotten his key, and had to utand ringing his door-be) I for at least five minutes. He was n't angry at all, and did n't awaken his Btl'righted wife in vain. She wnlked down and let him in. He had a right to be let into his own house, and bo would see if any ono dared to lock him out. The curtains of sleep were folded gracefully around his benevolent form, and he was soon dreaming a glorious dream of descending angels, scattering flowers around Ins pathway. His poor wile, agitated and crushed by so benevolent a despot, counted ihe solitary hours of a sleepless night, and arose with a haggard face, the result of her untold sorrows. ' l lie next day tie wns mniiiheil. He awoKe to iinu himself glorified in the papers. Ho said nothing of his speech to his wife or children. She wns expected it without having it pointed out by himseit. ii she ventured to hint some alight approbation of his re marks, and exhibit any pride in lus lame, tie cut tier short with a ' Pshnw! woman, what do you know of public atlairs r lis childron were loyoiis when ho was not at homo! Children always should he joyous; there aro horns and cares enough around them wnen tney grow up to be men and women. When Mr. Browso came homo they spoke in whispers, and hid within the folds of their hearts the gay and pleasant smiles of innocent childhood. Ihoy werealraid to disturb ins contem plation of those grand problems of society which ab sorbed his great and fertile mind. ' But Solomon Browse died ono day. The air was filled with his praise. Obituaries, eloquent of his virtues and of his public deeds, filled tho columns of the gazettes. Delegations from all the benevolent insti tutions of Ins country followed him to his grave, and fall ? If they have, tho violets must have tears in their blue eyes, as Ihoy look at the unpromising features of meir oia mother, rne nine brooks nave not yet uarea to como out of their hiding places. And as for ihe spring birds, they must be sitting somewhere with folded wings, and drooping heads, wondering what these groat drifting, driving snow-storms are coming now lor. 'Spring, Is it ? So the whole race of almanacs say, from (he immortal Dudley Leavilt down through every shade and variety of medicine, 'sugar-coated,' 'all- healing,' ' Russian Salve,' and ' Ssrsaparilla !' Surely, it must be ao. ' Spring, indeed ! It is a winter's night out of doors, a winter s lire blazing awav before me. and the warm red flickoriugs over ihe wall and ceiling look as if it certainly was winter somewhere: If you doubt the truth of Ihe following, just ask J B , of Amenin, who avers that it is 'verily veritable' Moreover, ho says that ihere are more such dolicnto persons 'thereaway:' 'A young lady called at the shop of a cabinet maker in this village to leave directions with him nhoiit makings table which she had previously ordered. Among other ' particulars,' sho enjoined it upon him to make the 'limbs' small ; adding, after some hesitation, 4 You know what I mean, I suppose? With a vacant look the cabinet maker replied: 'You mean leob. don't vouT' This disregard of tho lady's modesty was altogether too much; the bare iden, so suddenly presented, almost overcome her !' Tho Hues entitlod 'Naooleon's Prauer.' concerning which an inquiry was made in our last number, have been sent us by an obliging friond. They aro credited to ' M'Carthv.' Who is M'Oarthv 1 We nevor hoard of any pout of that name. Perhaps his light is 4 under a bushel 'of Iriih potatoes : 'Yea! bury mo deep la tho infinite ios); Let my heart bavo a limllleia grave : For my spirit In Hie was as fierce and free As the enures nt the tempeit-wavo. 'A far from the reach of all earthly control Wore tbn fathomieia depths of my mind : And the ebbs and Hows of my singlo sen! Were as tides to the rest ol mankind. 'Then my briny pall shall engirdle tho world, Ah In life did tlis mirs nf my fame; And each mutinous billow that's sky-ward curled Shall acnm tn reeeho my name. That nsme shall ba storied In annals of crime lo Ihe uttormoit corners of earth; Now brenthcl as a curse, now a spcll-wnrd sublime, In tbn 1 1 Drilled Inod of my birth, Ayl plunge my dark heart lo the lnlinito sea; It would burst from a narrower tomb: Bliiil leu than an ocean hie aepalcbro be Whose mandate to millions was doom)' for tho Ohio Ptata Journal. MUSIC OF THE B0TJL. DV CAHIUK MTF.n. Softly solemn is tho music Floating to tho list'ning soul From the Heaven's upper arches Mighty picans ever roll. From the irls-circlod chambers, Gcntlo Mercy's tear-stained seat, Hear yo not tho holy anthems Which tho Hps of Lovo repeat ? When the prayer of Faith ascemletli, Tho' the lips be mute and still. F.v'ry pulse of Nature blendeth With that music's raptuw thrill, Sweet It comcth when a brother With a brother nobly stands When "rorioivK" tho lips uneloseth, Joining Friendship's parted hands. When the tealous ardor burning On the purely gifted tonguo, Many a heart is homeward turning From the strains by Syrens sung. When from out the lanes and alleys, Wretched, loathsome haunts of crime. Gladly haatos ono rescued mortal, Ye shall hear that hymn sublime. When the sad, sweat eyes of Pity Weep for woo and want the tear-Heavy hearts by Love aro lightened, Sweetest strains the soul shall hear. When across the silent waters Moves a dark and troubled wing. List, O Soul! lo thes the victor Shall a song of triumph sing. List ye, then, the solemn music Pealing down thro' arches dim-Kindling with seraphic rapture Ever rolls that mighty hymn, PtiAtANT Hill.O., April 4, 1863. ilamp day ; he inlds in every feather b-it that : he can't j bo wns laid in hi tomb amid ihe soha and tears of i do dothin with it. i 'Now look o' hero, Johnny, you're always abutting that bird. I say hn's as good a throated bird as you oversaw. Did you ever hear him mew like a cat? Can a bnd-thrnnted bird do that 1 Did you ever seo him coming down on tho lower perch? That's the timo to see if his tail-feathers are perfect. Why, he 'ims beautiful. Now hero, Johnny, don't let us quarrel about that bird: it's no use; your mind is set about that bird, and lh?re is no use try in' to got you right. How is your now canary I' ' Well, hn's first rate, all except one note. You know the note that comes out of that bird-organ of mine when the handle gots just up by ihe hinge T Well, that nolo bothers him n liltlo, but I think he'll get it after a while. He'a the best colored bitd I ever know ; and every oilier way he' good, except that hinge note.' Hero the mugs would be lilted, Johnny's in compliment to himself for his eulogy nn his canary, and Jemmy's to wash his throat, lo facilitate his anticipated attack on Johnny's bird. ' Look here. Johnny, I used to think that you know something about birds, but when 1 hear you talk about that lame canary of yours, It initKes mo sick, ion dou't seem to know what ails tlint bird; yon don't know why he can't sing that nolo. Now I'll tell you. you seo you alwnya use your cutilo-fith bone Ino sharp; and one side of your bird's bill is so worn off, that he can't clean his sect); and when ho sings, tho wind slins nut that sido nf his bill, nnd he can't mako n good note. When n bird can't clean his seed, yon fee he a wnvs nets stuffed full ol these Indigestible shells, und can't get on: besides, his small spur on tho left foot ain't good. Ho has to stand nil the big perch ; be can't hnld on to the small perch ; ho is too wenk in the left foot for that; it won't contract cnonah to grip it.' Look here, Jimmy iiessonct! (and hero johnny would lilt Ins mug and empty it, Jemmy following suit), 'look bore, Jimmy, you and I bavo been hero every night for twenty years, and ever since I had that canary you've hud a spue ag'iii' him, just as you had eg in that Java sparrow iiireo yonrs ago; anu as soon as we got a-ttlking, you always begin n talking ag'iii' that bird. He's a confounded sight better bird than you ever owned, or ever will own, That Minn's the nnly docent bird that ever could live in your shop, with tho dirty seed you feed your birds. (ow, i never want to talk with you about birds ng in, for it's all stuff. You don't know nothing nbout birds: and then you get ao spitefully mod about nothing: there's no uo talking with yon !' Well, 1 don't caro lor yen, nor your birds,' says Jimmy, 'and I think wo better just stop meelin' hero, for you always quarrel about that lame canary o1 yours.' 'Well, this is tho last timo we'll quarrel, any how At this point, eacli would whoel off for his separate door, and as the doors swung to, the clock invariably struck nine. Then all tho inmates nf Iho room would laugh, ami tho oldest comers enjoyed ' Iho quarrol' the most. The next night, as tho clock struck eight, in would como the two bird fanciers again, and again it was i How d'ye do, Johnny?' llw d'ye do, Jimmv t' 'What aro you going to try a littlo of?' And beforo they had seemed to derive, Abram, as usual, was drawing the beer. M. thousands, to whom his benefactions had been hies sings. His will was opened. It was full of excellent maxims tor lus children, in n codicil. Ail lus properly wns It'll to tlm ' Society for the Distribution nt t-arina- cenus Food among tho Industrious Classes,' reserving n thousand dollars tor a monument lor himself, tie died regretted by every one save his wile and chil dren, who by his death were released from the stern rulonl a domestic tyrant. 'You may read his epitaph upon hi tomb-stone. IleiVsouon elevated mound at Greenwood, and so does his epitaph. Ask that delicate and crushed wife what sho thinks of it!' Here is ft ' scribliment' ontiiled 'A Sketch of Modern' Improvements in 25T.2,1 for which wo aro indebted to n ' rapper,' who can 'call spirits from tho vasty deep of the future, as well as the past. Perhaps iho 'spirit' is a little ' cracked,' but that's his business : ' This is a progressive ago. Everyhndy says so, ami it is ao old maxim that what every body says is generally true. Many nnd great improvements buvu been made in : every thing in the last filty or one hundred years, and ' many more will probably bo made during Iho next! century. One hundred and fifty years ago, it would have taken from eight to sixteen months io go around the world. Ono hundred years ago, it could bo done in three months ; in 111G0. it wus accomplished in three weeks ; but now, a traveler, by taking tho ' Lightning-Driven Flying Machine,' can sleep at Detroit, and by starting at sunrise, can breakbeat at New York, dine at Jeddo, slip at Sun Francisco, and beat Dotroit again by bed time. Thirty thousand sheets wero unco thought to constitute a good hour's work for any printing press: now two hundred thousand sheets an hour is ' alow working,' the type being set and tho press being driven by electricity, tichuul boys no longer rriecomositioiiB, each one having a miniature printing press of his own, worked by electricity, by which ho can print his compositions ns fant ai he cun think them. Thero aro no more oceans and but few moun tains now a days, the mountains having been leveled, and tho oceans partially filled in with them, leaving nothing but large inland seas whore were once tho Atlantic and Pacilio, thus greatly increasing the land area. Winter is no longer the cold season it was in olden lime, even at ihe North Pole. Immense furnnces have been built under ground, and ihe fire being let into them from tho centre of tho earth, tho heat is con veyed in every direction by large pipes, making winter nearly as warm as summer. Safety valves have been put in every volcano, end they can do no more dnniago. it was lately announced inai a jupanuso philosopher, whom name is unspellable, has discover ed j means to prevent earthquakes, which he will soon make nub lie. i he universe, in the nigm lime is now lighted by gas, p.ocured from vast natural reservoirs, a lew miles tumorous. A CAPITAL BIT. Tho Local (May, we suppose), of the Cleve land Herald, bits off Iho practice of cane, plate, frc, presentations in Iho following happy style: Mkritzp Com pmmk ntCane Priskntatioh. On Friday week, tho Crew and Cook of the Ohio Canal boat Polyanthus, presented (heir Captain with a cane. Tho following is the correspondence : Wa Lox, Oio Kan at, Kr.KVELAn, April 1, 1853, ) Hon. Captain Smith, Esq The undersigned in behalf of the Kru and Cuk of tho boto Polly- Aim-thus, present yu with a baswood Kaiu raised upon the Peninsula, that spot maid klassic around by being tho home nf Jeems Brown, Ein., author of tho " coiners ade, Notes by Ihe Weigh, Al tered Bills " and other works uf general issoo and cir- colashun. After being kut, the stick was taken to " Tinkers Crfk and pealed, and then to " Jonuy Kaik lok " where it was beautifully mounted, add a boss and toe line karved fin lop of it. Sutch is the simple yet afi'ectin history of tho weapon which is presented to yu as a relick nf the affecshnn which will follow yu whor avern the nrdonous donties ol a salers life ma kail yu. For Km and Cuk his Bob m Jones mark Ci.kvki.and, April 4th, I8'3. Willi a heart boiling over with burning emotions I accept your beautiful Cane. It deluges my soul with a Hood of darling recollections nf the lime when work ing, "living and Inving" together, in the inspired lan guage oi Iho poet, 11 We ihared each other' sladnesa And wept each others' teara.'' j When transporting ihe "black diamonds" from the howling wilderness, aud dark caverns of tho interior; to the metropolis of the f.nkes, how, amid tho darkness nnd dangers which at (he "witching hour of night" surround canal navigation, have I looked to you for support. How often have you, Boit, without chart or compass to guide, steered our gallant craft through tho thickening gloom which boded tempest and dUaster, whilo I, and I write it without vanity, stood at the bow, prepared to "snub her." And bow, when within tho walls of (he lock, whoso grim stones frowned upon us like the crumbling remains of some deserted ruin, tho relic of Romao or of Grecian pride and grandeur how olten nt that fearful hour, when tho "rush of many waters" was pouring through tho gates, threatening to whelm us, has our gentle yet lion-hearted cook, Poi.i.y, prepared for our solace anil refreshment, a pot full of ihe fragrant extract of tho berry of Rio, or a tumbler of Smith's extract of ryo. t'anton my emotion, lor ine "oiu time comes o or me now, ami forbid me tn any more than that I am, whether in command or retirement, ours, JOHN SMITH. To Bob Jodks, Oommittoe, &c. ilttsceHcmy. GROWING OLD. HORACE ORIS LET. One of iho Englixh comic almanacs gives a specimen of what witl bo election intelligence when the rights of women arn lully recognized : "Sir Charles Darling, (the Indies' candidate,) presented himself on the huntings, amidst a general waving of handkerrliiefa, and spoke as follows: Ladies and (with a smite) nerd I say gentlemen ? (Titters nnd 'Droll creniiirol') 1 think nut. Gallantry forbids my rccognizitig their existence in any light other than as the devoted slaves nf that divino sex, of whom I am proud to esteem myself the humblest. (Cries of ' how uico !') Ladies, then, ongols, goddesses ('Oh ! ' from au elderly bachelor, who wus removed by the police ) for the thrilling position in which I am pla ced, how can I he sufficiently grateful to that glorious reform in our electoral system, which has partially recognized tho truo position of lovely womnn ? ( Par-, tiallyt' in a tono of sarcasm, from a member of Mr, Screwdriver's committee.) My honorable and gallant friend objects to the ndverb. I say partially, for, by admitting (he ladies to tho franchise Kith tho gentlemen, they aro but recognized as equals, instead nf superiors. (Great sensation. ) Yos, ladies, Hnd it shall be my earnest endeavors, as your representative. ( 1 Yah i ' and ' Not yet!' from Mr. Screwdriver.) My honorable and gallant friend observes, 4 Not yet. It is true 1 have a formidable lival to contend with. The charms of bis person (screams, and ' Tho old fright ' ) his known politeness, above all, his taste In dress (hero the laii Tux 4 Oenturt' Papers. We renow our exlrarts from the 'Century Papers,' published monthly in tho hearing of all the members who aro so fortunate as to be present. 4 The Benevolent Man,' with which we open, Is tho type of a elms, not uncommon in nil grent cities, who fancy that while ihey 'are seen of men' in the display ol the psoudo- benevolence upon which they plume themselves, thoir minor meannesses. In a narrower but holier sphere, will pais unobserved and undetected : A Bonevoient Kan. Solomon Browso was a very benevolent man. He was, ii Is true, very irritablo at Iv mo, but very kind abroad. Tbo world saw him nud know him hi the latter character alone. Aftor his dinnor and his wine lie was sometimes fretful, particularly if nwnkenod from his nao by the entrance- nl a subscription-book for the benefit of the ' Firemen's Fund,' or tho ' Teetotal Indigent Society.' His family knew his failing, and said never a word. ' When walking tho pavement ho would vory care-fully kick off a stray brick into the putter, tor foat some excellent citixen would stumble against it; and I have seen him lift unanapple-peolinglroin the waik, uprehensive that it might prove disastrous to some inconsiderate or abstracted passenger. He was constantly offering his hand to old ladies to help them over the gutter, and looked henvenly when it was done. His shining brow was irradiated for an hour aftorward, in contemplation of his own gallant benov olence. How the woild did ndmire Mr. Solomon Browse! 1 Mr. Browse took a personal interest In every one's happiness, except that uf his wile, who did not seem tn have the worm s nppreciiuon oi pis en arming roar auter. It was beautiful to see him encouraging li ti lo boys, by patting them on the head and telling thorn, in tones of fascination, what learned nnd excellent men they were destined to be ! Why, tbey never for- ?ot it t It influenced their characters in alter life, hus did Mr, Browse influence the destinies ofsociety. ' It was indeed a great misfortune that his character at home, ana within the domestio circle, was not appreciated for, in spite of all hi public benafaotlons, below the surface of the earth. Tho whole world in short. Is now one vast republic, of which Do-1 troit is lite capital, nud a Sandwich Islander the President. Slavery wns abolished when Africa was an nexed, and every body is now Iron. ' Woman s rights havo had their day. Tho cause lost all its male adherents when it wns found that tho Treasnrtss who had been elected bad appropriated four millions nf the public's dollars to keep herself in ball-dresses. All those improvements, however, aro nothing lo what aro expected to ba made in a tow years. We are looking forward to the day when the circuit of the earth can be performed in four hours ; when the press can strike off one million sheets an hour; when grain nnd vegetables can be manufactured instead of grown ; nnd, above nil, whon wo onn annex mars, venus ami mercury, which wo aro bound to do." ' One afternoon, a few weeks since,' writes 4 Felix ' while waiting for the train of cars to leave with New York passengers from the 'Old Colony Depot in Bos-ion, I overheard a half-intoxicated Irishman discussing a delicate point in American politics. It was that uf office-seeking. I In was just drunk and foolish enough tn spenk all bis mind. Willi a gesture peculiarly en-ergot ic, nnd a voice that seemed to convey the sagaci ty of tho forthcoming sentiment, he said tn bis companion: "Divil lake the Whigs snd Dimmicrats! wimt dn t care nr em i "oy, wuum ungual ye, the way they come around ye lor your vote. It sjust as if ye miuht say, like lookin' for a situation!' The idea oi American politicians loiuung iu irisnmen ior situations was too much in bo resisted ; and ao I laughed over it till 1 was rocked to sleep in that magnificent cradle of ihe deep,' the ' Empire State,' In a most excellent epistle from a friend at Concord. New Hampshire, (a place whero they ' have gas, two cabs, an omnibus, and a President! ') the writer thus hits off the 4 spring which the sweet poet spake of :' "A brisht wood fire is sputtering within the grate. The last fresh slick lies upon its rosy bed, crackling and chirping away with as good a relish as if it was n't spring. Snrinir. indoedl Hark I hear ihe bail and snow silt against the window panes i nie wind is playing all sort of pranks. It is peeping into all the cracks, and rattling at all the doors aud windows; and when Hook to see what is tue manor, u goesoti whistling, just as if it wasn't him I Ah, the rogue I Spring is It? Where's the almanac? It must be that a winter's day has got loose, and has slipped down into the wrong place. Something most be wrong. A screw must be loose some whore in the weather machine. Where are the spring flowers 1 Are they awaking from their winter's nap ? Have they dared to pnep out from under the great white coverlet that Dame Nature laid over thorn, and tucked uo around them, when they grew week, and pale, and cold, last slighter ami clapping of kid gloves rendered iho spea ker inaudible for a moment) compared with such claims, mino aro worthless 'Do listen!' and 'The duck! ) ox tended no farther than a willingness, I may say a downright anxiety to die in the cause of ihe I fair creatures who, I believe I may say, have done me I Ihe honor to elect mo ns thoir champion. (' Yes, yes!') With the ladies' voice in my favor, 1 believe I need not fear ihoao of a gentleman being exorted against me. (Cries of ' We should like to see thorn,1 'Speak up, Alfred, do,' 4 1 am ashamed of you,' etc.) I thank you, gentlemen or rniher I do not thank yi-u ; I lienor you tor your may I say obedience (' Oh yes ! '. in a rapturous tono Irom the engaged gontlemon) though, alter all, I don't aoo bow you wore to holp yourselves. (Great npplause, and numerous bouquets thrown.) The Honorable Mrs. Poser stooped forward, and bogged to bo nllowed to address a few questions to tho cm in mate. Mrs, Poser What are Sir Charles' views with ro-gard tn tho existing excise regulations? Sir CharIft My first measure will bo to bring in a bin legalizing ino smuggling ul laces and rrenrh rib bons. ( Rapturous cheering. ) A I'oics. W hat about Iho sanitary movement ? Sir Uli tries thought every family should leave town nt tint end nf tb aenioti. ft wna Ida on in ion that all husbands paying tho income tax should be compelled to take their wives and children to the sea side for the autumn mouths. It should have his earliest attention. In answer to another speaker, he considered that as sembly rooms should be maintained in every town by the public purse. Mrs. Poser, What foreigu policy will you advocate? Sir Charles would advocate peaco with France, at all hazards, that nothing might endanger the immediate importation uf Parisian fashions. (Cheers, and bouquets.) A Young Lady. About (he army ? Sir Charles I am for keeping up a standing army, lo consist eniirely nf regiments of horse-guards, composed exclusively of officers. (Immense sensation.) Mrs. Poser, should like to hoar your inlmilinua as to the tolmcco duties. Sir Charles -To nrohibit the Importalion nnd cultl vatlon of Hint objectionable plant nltogelher, ao that there mnv hit no mom amok in if A show nt parasols wns demanded, anu mr unarms Darling was declared duly elected. A miserly skinflint, old gentleman down cast, having Inst a ann. wna nallml noon by his minister, who sug gesied various alleviations oi ins caiumny, tiding thai doubtless his reflections would suggest many more. "Yes," roplied the old curmudgeon, wiping away his tears, " Joe had an awful appetite it cost almost twice as much to feed him as any other member of thefamily." We who have lately ceased to be young are apt to du am r ueu at our rim perceptions that we are indeed growing old. The eye may have been dimmed, and ns range or vision contracted, but we did not mind that it was tho result of excessive study or protracted watching, perhaps of accident or illnoss; but now the locks, once so luxuriant ahd ample, havo wasted, hair by hair, until they seem lank and straggling; the brow, so smooth and fnir till recentlv. erown risid and furrowy; and the features havo a sharpness aud immo uuuy we nave not nunerio known. Here a casualty has made its mark: there a tfreat Borrow bna net ii seal; thero a sin has left its stain; each, perhaps, scarcely notioeable by itself, but altogether making a great change in ihe expression of the countenance, ami foreshadowing still greater changes to follow. Old we as yet aro not, but it is none tho less obvious that we are surely and steadily becoming so. Yes, we are all growing old. Tho youth, in tho first flush of his conscious elasticity and energy; tho mai den, in hor tenderest beauty and bloom; tho strong man, in the fullness of vigor and endurance ; tho matron in her chastened grace, and sober loveliness all are ripening for decay and dissolution and the tomb. Some will mature earlier, and rome later, many will be struck down in their youth, or in their prime; bm sooner or later, one common late awaits us, and our common mother will receive the mhos of us all to her bosom. We know this at arms' length, even in child hood, but wo realize and take it (o heart from the first hour wherein we perceive that we are growing old. Well, (he admonition wears n certain aspect of austerity or sharpuets, but bears within a core of sweetness as well. Tho human frame is less lithe and vigorous, the human face less bland and beauteoua in ego than in youth; yet age has iis own graces, wherever tbey have not been blasted by the mildews of a disor dered prime. Admirable In all its stages is the crown oi ood s workmanship, when uncorrtipted by ovu, untarnished by ain; anil perhaps nevor more truly so, thnn when silvered locks and sunken cheeks proclaim tho evening repose of tho pa-sions which had ofton disturb ed anu sometimes prevented ino courso ul netivo life. Now conscience, so often overborne and stifled by the fierco clamors of appetite or the fell swoop of ambition, ro-uBserie nnti vindicates its ilgntltil ascendancy; now hoaven draws nenrer as eurih recedos -. now tbo soul awakes, and prepares itself for ihe greet transformation so visibly approaching. Tho Orientals are justor than we in their disiineiivo and universal deference to nsc. deeming "length of days" in some sense a token of nivino approbation and favor, iMaintestiy, tho soul which steadily near the confines of the celestial man sions, ought to catch something of that glory which tills meir atmosphere, and radiites it, even though dimly, through its dial plate, "the liiuiau face divide." But age is not merely n "savor of life unto life : " It is a roveuler of the foul deformity of evil, ns well as uie ossentiai loveliness of good, ihe eagerness nud inexperience of youth mny entreat a mitigation of sen fence fur deeds which oven they cannot excuse; the tempestuous whirl of middle life may cloud or distort our perceptions of the moral character of many acts, which a calm, scrutinizing would exhibit as unworthv and culpable; but a vicious old ago an old age of uuiBjiijg, uui aiiii uimiiin't-ring nttonv, in nnvt-rno locks nut venerable, of leisure without reflection, of loneliness without God. of serenity devoid of dignity. of respect, of self eateom surely, this is nmoug the saddest sights oi a misguided, sin sick world, rar bet ter an early and n nameless gravo than an old age of punishment without repentance, and vtco without Biiamo. How to Grow Old Gracefully," is tho title of some one's book, which I have not been impelled to open. Tho name is abundantly suggestive; the book could hardly add anything which our own thoughts, if we give them scope, may not indicate. To crow old gracefully,! should say we must begin by living virtu ously and nsetuliy. we need not enre lor graces, nor think of self at all ; each noble aspiration, each worthy net, will set its seal upon the visage. No one needs an assurance that tho old age ol renelon, ol Wordsworth, of Hannah M nro. of Miss Edgnworth. wan beau tiful. Had Washington lived a hundred years, he would have been to the Inst the mott dignified aud commanding American. Franklin, at eighty, was still young in teeimg and in heart, many die older than he did who nave seon less than titty summers. Who imagines that Mrs. Fry over could, that Fanny Forester over can, becomo an old woman T la it well to desire and pray lor longth of days? I would say, so long ns our mental lacuuies remain essentially nndecayed, it is well, it is desirable to live The love of life is not a blind, irrational instinct; but has as its base a just perception that existence is a blessing, and that even iu this "vale of teara." its joys outweigh its woes. And besides, our terrestrial course prepares and slnpes us for the life that suall succeed it, which will bo to a great extent a continuation or second edition of this, with corrections and improvements. Doubtless Infinite Mercy hns means provided whereby the millions tn whom this life was a blank shall nevertheless be prepared for bliss in the next ; nnd I trust even those who have misused nnd culpably squandered this slageof being will yot be ultimately fitted for happiness in anotht r. But opportunities wasted can never he regained; the memory of past unworihiness must ever bo humiliating and regretful to the redeomo i soul, lnvnin did Joseph, revealing himself iu Egypt to his treacherous brethren, entreat them to "He not angry with yourselves that yo sold mo hither, for God did semi mo before you to preserve life." The views of God needed no vindication, while theirs do not receive any. 1 apprehend that flagrant iransgressnrs (and win is or is not of this number who shall say)T will ever feel a consciousness of inlerioriiy and self-reproach in the presence of those who walked worthily on earth that a retrospect of thoir darker hours can never bo ioyful nor welcome to Judas or Magdalen, ho inngns wo may grow thorein in wisdom nnd worth, it is well.it is desirable to live, but do lurtner. i o my view, insanity is the darkest, the most appalling of earthly calamities; but how much better is an old ago that drivels and wanders thai misunderstands and forgets? When the soul shill have becomo choked nnd smoth ered hy tho ruins of its wasting, falling habitation should prefer to inhabit that shattered tenement no longer. 1 shoniu not choose to si mid sniuuiering and trembling on the brink of the dark river, weakly draw ing back from the chill of its sweeping flood, when faith assures me that a new Eden stretches green inn fair beyond it, nnd that the baptism it invites, will cleanse the soul of nil that imw clogs, clouds, nud weighs it to the earth. No! when the windows nf the mind shall bo darkened, when Iho growth of the soul shall have been arrested. I wnnld not weakly cling to earth, which will have coased to nourish and uphold me. Rather let the "golden cup be loosed, and Ihe pitcher broken nt tho fountain;" lot the sun of my existenco go down, ere murky vapors shroud its horizon; let me close my eves calmly on the things of earth, and let my woary frame sleep beneath the clods of the valley; let the' spirit which it can no longer cherish as a guest, be spared the ignominy of detention as a prisoner j hut freed from the fullers of clay, let it wing its way through the boundless universe to wheresoever tho benign Father of spirits shall havo assigned linn everlasting homo. THE WHIRLWIND. Bryant has written a tnle in which iie introduces a clergyman who relntts the following events. Tho description of the Whirlwind is one of the most graphic sketches we have rend The sun rose as usual (he next dny, aud tho samo calm and silenco continued. My own apprehensions had passed away with the night, though I observed my father watching tho cloudless, hazy skies with the same air ol anxiety. About twelve o eiork 1 wns iu the orchard back of our cottage, amusing myself with gath ering the largest of Iho unripeapplo which ihe drought had caused to drop iu great numbers from the trees, intending to carry them to my (wo liiile brothers to play with. My father hud left hi occupations in iho held on account of tho liat, and whs then in the houne Suddenly I heard a crackling sound to the southwest as nf a mighty tlatno running among brushwood, and blown into fury by a strong wind. Looking townrda that quarter, 1 beheld a snull dark cloud, enlarging, blackening and advancing every instant, and under it the wood agitated with a violent motion, the tree-tops waving and tossing, the trunks swaying to and ho bendiug low and then erecting themselves suddenly, as if wrestling with a furious gust. Birds were flying iu all directions from the scene of ihe commotion, and cattle running affrighted from the wood in which ttiey hadsoughtshellerlrointheiiootidny heat. Tlo u I saw broken hrniirtics, ami green leaves irom uie ireo tops, ami withered ones from the ground, and dust from tho dry earth, lifted together into the nir in n vast column, nud whirled rapidly round, and hoard the crndi of fall ing treos, and the snapping ot mo shivered irmiKs ns if the Prince of the Powers of the Air, having ren-ived permission, had fallen in grent wrath upon the forest, to destroy it. Before that advancing whirlwind, the trees bowed to the ground, and the n. xt moment were raised again hy the power of the gale, and drawn into t lie vanes., anil twisieu en ny mo roots, anu wuineo with nil their brnnehea into the nir, and toned to iho one tide and tho other, upon tho summits uf ihe surrounding wood. It was but fur a moment, n brief mo-mMit uf astoniilnneiit and terror, that 1 stood gazing on this spectacle. I turned and made for the house with my utmost speed, and, ns I ran, I heard the roar of the whirlwind behind me, nnd was sensible of a sudden shade passing over the heavens. When I nrrived at the bouse and opened ill door, I saw my father, who had been engaged in reading, just rising from his sent, and going towards Iho window, with tho hook in his hand, to learn the cnuso nf the tumult without. That book was the Bible and th recollection of this ein- Sle circumstance forms a ground nl eotnoiniioii aim one. In the recollection of his sudden nnd un fore warned death, which I would not be deprived of for worlds. out in his strong voice, "Run, run foryonr lives leava the house this instant the whirlwind is upon us." As he spoke, tho souud of tbo gust was heard howling about the dwelling, ami the timbers cracked and groaned in the mighty blast. My mother bad hastily gathered the childred, and wns putting ub beforo her, to go uut at the door, when all ut once a terrible crash was heard over our heads, tho wolls shook, iho win-dows were shivered in pieces, the floor heaved under our foer, and the ceiling bursting upwards in several places, ahowed us the roof raised ami borne off by tho wind. Tho walls and partitions ol the house swayed to and fro, like a curtain, My fat her was a man of great bodily strength, above tho medium h'-'ight, aud brawny nnd muscular beyond most persons 1 have known. w lien i last saw mm, be nan pui uis strong anna aainai the walls that threatened to overwhelm us, aud was bracing himself against it lo give us an opportunity to escape. I saw also my mother who had taken the two youngest children by the hand, her Imir streaming op- wnrda in dianrdpr. mnkirwr for tbo door. I found my self, I know not how, without the house, and scarcely was I there when a rush of air seemed to draw the breath from my lungs, and I was lilted from the ground amidst a whirl of dust, nnd broken branches and ellipses nnd hoard h from iho hiiildius. How high I wos carried I know not, fur I saw only tho confusion around me, but shortly afterwards Melt myself saieiy ooposu-cd among boughs and- leaves. 1 must have swooned at'or l descenueu, wt i iduh-lect slowly recovering my consciousness, and finding my garmonts wet nnd heavy, and the rain beating upon me. I lay among the thick folingeofn maple that had been overilirown by tho whirlwiud. A man whose voice and mien were fami'ii tr to me, and whom as my senses gradually returned, I recognized for one of my neighbors, came nnd took mo off and placed me beside him on the ground. Around me the earth was strewn wiih rails, boards and splintertd branches of trees, and looking westward to tho bill, I beheld where fences had been swept away, nnd stone walls scattered, and a wide path had been broken through the woods, along whicli masses of fresh earth appeared omnpg the heups of prostrate trees, nnd tall shivered trunks stood over- luuKJiig uieir iifruuiuu irumvs. ii n uiuo mn ouvo from mo wns a heap of1 bricks nnd ruhbitdi, and on my inquiring what it could bo, I was told it wns the ruins of my father's houso. Then flashed upon my mind the recollection of that moment of confusion, husto nnd affright which passed before I left it, and iu a transport of nnxiety.nmountingtn nlmont agony, I ran to the spot, I found the neighbors already gathered about it, and busy in removing the rubbi-h, to ascertain if any of the family were buried beurutli, and weeping nil Ihe while i ufsisied iliom iishtrn my einiitbh stretigtn wouiu ollow, notwithstanding the good iiaturcd attempts they made in prevent me. Let me hasten over what follow ed, I said in the ljegirmiu: that I could relate my story without any painful amotion, but 1 was mistaken, for when I come to thin part of it. f urn alwayssick at heart. They wero found, crushed to death by Ihe fall of iho chimney nnd ihe beams of tho building my father my mother, and the two lovely children still in nor arms. But where was my sister had she been so fortunate as to escape t Even tho hopo was torn from uie, for she wns soon found where iho whirlwind had cast her, in Iho edge of tho bru'ok, now swollen by rams, tho water rippling against her choek, white as snow, and her disheveled hair floating in tho current. Thero aro no oxpressinns that can describe Ihe bit-tenicss of my grief. The bodies were carried to a neighboring house; I followed them. I remained wiih them nil night, I refused tn be comforted, but with the feverish hope, which soineiimes crossed my mind that tho dead wero in a slate nf insensibility from which they would awaken. I slept not, I nte not, till they wero buri'-d. 1 struggled madly and with tnoanings of agony against those who came to put them into the coffins. Tbey wero carried to tho gravo the next day, nmidst a great concourse of people from all the surrounding country, who filled the house and gathered in a solemn aud silent multitude around iho door. The hymn given out on that occasion by tho minister, was ono my mother taught mo to repeat from memory, and when ihey sang tho following stanza, the eyes of all were turned on me, by reason of my passionate sobbing: " Man's life Is like tho firm, Or like the moroinf ilower: A shnrp wind aweepi tho lield, It withers in an hour." I was not allowed lo seo tho bodies covered with earth, lest my health might suffer from iho excess of my grief; but when nt length they told me they wero buried, I suffered myself to be undressed and led to my bed, from which I did not rise for several days after. AH ESTOPPEL. The early history of the jurisprudence of Michigan, if faithfully chronicled (it would require the pen of an Irving to do it), would furnish forth an entertninment abounding with the soul and point of humor. Many of these liulo legends ye il tut around the scenes which hnve given birth to ihem, and servo sometimes to give) zest lo a bar dinnor nr to enliven a bar meeting. Among Ihem is the following : Judge u -, a plain and worthy man, but no inw- yer, was onco county judge of O.ikiand, under the old system. A cause came on for ti ia( lie lore him on one occasion, in whii-b the action was lounueii in ion, ann the plea of the defendant, which wus special, wus siicb ns lo give him the aflirimtive nf ihe issue, upon the strength of which ho cla'ined the r if.-lit to open and close the case. This point was denied by the counsel for the plaintiff, 'who never, in Ihe whole course of his practice, had beard of such an enormity as (he defendant's presuming to open the cane.' Authorities worn brought nnd cited, however, nud iho Judge, after mature consideration, detei mined that such was the defendant's right, and so pronounced his decision. After short pause, during which the nlrnntitl was grumbling his disiaiiftfactiuu, iho court told the defendant's law- yor to go on, " Your honor," snid ho, rising, " I am not quite ready to open the case when I et ready vill let the other side knowV This opened, if not the raso, nt least the eyes and mouth of (he 'other side, who sprang tn his feet and bellowed forth denunei ition upon the stupidity of tho Judge, whose absurd decision hod placed him in such a dilemma. 'You see, your honor, what yon have done; you havo actually placed tho case in tho hands of iho defendant. He took possession of our oxen, nnd when wo brought nn action to recover them, he took poiteuinn of that alio,' I can't help it sir,' said tho learned Judge, with great sternness, ' tho decision is made, and it is loo Into to alter it; the law must take its course. You must wi'hdrnw your action, and sue again.1 "If he does, your honor," snid the defendant's conn-sel, ' shall plead the pendency of this nrtion iu bar and beat him. 'Then Mr. snid the Judge, 'I see no other way for ymi but to sit down quietly und wait till the defendant pets ready to try ibis cause.' The plaintiff took ihe Judge's ndvico.but tbo 4 time appointed has never 'elapsed,' ni,d he is waiting yet." De troit Advertiser. Tom Cobwin Goon Advice. Mr, Hnrvoy, tho Washington correspondent of Ihe Philadelphia North American, tells the following lain : " About throe years ago, a young man presented him self to Mr. Corwin, for n Clerkship. Thrice was he refused ; and at ill ho tnnden f mrtli effort. His perseverance and spirit nf detruiiiintton awakened a friendly interest In ins we it are. and ino oecreiary ndvisea mm iu the strongest possible terms, to ahaudou his purpose, aril to go to the Went, if he could do no heller outside tile Departments. " my young menu, said ne, "go in the North west, buy l(ii acres of government land or, f yen have not the money to purchase, f qu it on it ; got you au axe and a mattock ; put up a log c.ibin for your habitation, and raise a little com and potatoes; keep your conscience clear, and live liko a freeman, your own master, Wltn no one io give you orders, anu wnu- mt dependence nn anybody. Do that and you will be honored, respected, inll'ieiUial, and rich. But ac cept a clerkship hero, and you sink at mice, all inde pendent ; your energies become relaxed, anu yon are tin lit toil in a few yenrs fur any other and more independent position. 1 may give yen a place to-day, and I can kick you out ngain to-morrow ; and there's another man over thero at the White House, who can kick me nut and the people by and bycaii kirk him nut; and so we go. But if you own nn nero of Innd, it is your kingdom ; and your cabin in your casile you are a aov-reigu.and yon will feel it in every throbbing of your pulse, and every day id your life will assure me of yonr thanks lor having thus ndvixed you," If the thousands who so ardently strive for places under government would ponder well thene wonts, nnd exercise a sound discretion in their application, thus many a young and gallant spirit would be saved from inanition, to be useful to (ho world nnd a joy, rather than grief to its possessor."Curious Sck.sk. Captain Hughcrow, In Iho "Memoirs of his Voyngo to .Memel, in littf," gives the following ilosciipiiou of a curious piscatory sceno : "Ono morning during a ralni, when near the Hebrides, nil bands were called up at ttiteo in the morning to witness n battle between sevoral of l ho full called thrashers and some swonl-ti-h on one sido, nud an enormous whale on the other. It wrni in tbo middle of summer, ami the weather being clear, and iho fih being closo to the vessel, wo had a tino opportunity of witnessing the contest. As aoou as iho whale's back appeared above ilm wafer, iho thrashers, springing several yards into the air, descended with great violence upon tbo object of their rancor, and inflated upon him the most severe slaps with their tails, the sound ol which resem bled the reports ol I11!1BK'1h men in n iiiaiuuro. ino sword-lMi, in their turn, attacked tho dixtrciscd whale, stabbing him from below; and thus besot eu all sides and wounded, when the poor creature appeared, the water around him was dyed with blood. In this manner limy continued tormenting nnd wounding him for many hours, until wo lost sight of him, and I havo no doubt they iu the end accomplished his destruction." Important to Lawyfu. BriehVss and furnishing Btbinnys nro informed that vt estern I exas, nt preaeni, nffora orent inducements to laborers. High wages Kleiity of " hog oud honunmy ; " plenty of work for rainless heads ami nerveles arms, such as opening farms, hoeing corn nnd cotton and mauling rails. Only i..u.,nra in Qan Antotdo flortie mi. 41 gentlemen Ho gave a single touk. the book dropped from his ol the bar. ' mere s piemy m bitb i om ni-hand, aud, before i had time to utter a word, ba called tonio Lalger.

( 1 17 VOLUME XLIII. COLUMBUS, OHIO, TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 1853. NUMBER 34. lUccklji Ijio State Journal U PUBLISHED AT COLOUB08 EVERY TUESDAY MORNING, IT COn BA8C0M, JOIIUfAL lOtLOlHOI, BIOH A5D mu tTUITf MTUH01 OH MM. TERMS Invariably in attvann: In Colainbul, t2 00 KTnr; by mail. 91.60; oluU of fbur and upwarili, 9l.'lil of ten and upward,, 010'). TI1H DAI IT JOURNAL It fumlArt to city lubicrlbert at M.00, and by Diall at .ri.00 a yi'ar. T1IK TIU-U'EKiay JOURNAL la WOO year. RATES OF ADVKRT18MQ IN Tim WEEKLY JOURNAL hauuan, Naquani, 8 aqunrt., k aquarel, Tfil 001 261 76. E8 Ml 005 000 M8 761 261 76a ffia 604 006 000 006 0O: 1 001 762 263 604 606 00,6 60S 0011. 1 26 2 26 8 60 4 00 6 000 008 0010. 14. 28. squars, ehangMble monthly, 620s year ; wiwkly,, m column, cnanRc&Me quarterly Mj column, elianm-ahls nuartcrlv Ileolunm, I chjtogealjla 4uarterly 100. 10 IItim of this ilv-d tyx Is reckoned a square. AdTertlwmsnts ordered on the liwiila axclueifisiy, double tha ra(M. All iMdetl notion ouarged double, ud mMsured as If wild. .foreign Correspondence. Paris, March S3, 1853. President Pierce's message has been translated and published in all the journals of Paris in the official journal without comments, but in all ilia others with vurioiia toned remarks. The criticisms on the wholo are fnvorablo, while in some instance they amount to eulogy. The distinguished EmiledoGi-rani in, Editor of iho Presto, terminate a favorable leader, by saying that every one must admit I hat ihe Americans are the fasten t pooplo In the world. Editors are, however, like students, prono to republicanism ; and theio poor Govornment cursed gentlemen, who, asGirardiu himself any 3, live upon tho breath ol the Prefect of Police, and who never rise up in the morning without expecting in lie down in a prison at night, nro rejoiced to full upon sumo foreign prey, upon which they can lot oft a liltlo of their pent-up republican! m. The London Times gnvo three successive leaders on tho inaugural, the last of which was one of the most sevore criticisms I ovor recollect of reading. It dissected the messigo into as many gltritig faults almost os ihero are sentences; audi am inclined to believe that if lint criticism should ever meet iho eyo nf the President, ho will he himself convinced, that there was a great want of deliberation in tho manner in winch he laid down tho principles nf his administration. In ono sense of ihe word tho Times is a friend to General Pierce, for it rocoived hi nomination and election with a perfect phrenzy of exultation, and supported hii claims, personally and on principle, throughout tho entire campaign. Hut noiwithstnnd-ing these apparont contradictions, the motives which actuate that grent leading journal nro transparent enough. I will add one remark of tho Times. It says that it was certainly in bad taste, to use tho very mildest language, for General Pierre not only to omit in presence of all the foreign ministers to utter one word in tho hope that tho friendly relations now existing should continue to exist between the various governments of the world and oar own, but on the contrary, when he uttered his strongest "territory extension" sentiments, he turned to those ministers, and by bis action gave to his expressions a kind of menacing color which could not be misconstrued. It asks where is the boasted courtesy of General Pierce? and is it the Intention of the Young America party to isolate its country from the other nations of the world, and to show a contempt for all the established usages and courtesies which have heretofore prevailed? Tho comments of tho French papers en tho Ericsson invention nro numerous, in somo instances lengthy, and generally highly favorable. An engineer of eminence, suiting member. Coming away from that meeting he under instructions from iho Navy Department, has took tho cold which ihn-w him into Ins fatal ink nets made a lengihy report on the subject, in which he j He was a Spaniard by birth, and as lute as seventeen taken ground in favor of Its practicability, but with! yours nl ago was a sailor on the Mediterranean; and heads to the memory of the martyrs of liberty lying beneath their feet. There was no longer any mistake, and the police were iu consternation. But the proces sion was near the cemetery, the body was buried qui etly, and the people, dispersed. When the Emperor heard of the movement, it is said he was furious, and wrote a violent letter to the prefect of police. He was astonished to find, after the cxamplos he had given them of his power, that people should have dared to make so open a demonstration. Dut if I mistake not the signs ol the times, he will seo some demonstrations before long leas equivocal than that. His power is neither growing in grace nor in strength, whatever the people about him may think or say. If the mighty Nicholas, of Russia, who now holds the peace of Europe in bis hands, chooses to array Russia, Prussia, and Austria against England, Franco and Turkey, wo expect to seo sights in this section of the great battle ground. A foreign war will not consolidate the power or the permanency of the Government of Louis Napoleon. No sovereign who ever occupied tho throne of Fruuce has had so many bitter fuc lions to contend with as has the present ruler. It is now reported a second time by the people he longing to (he Tuilleries, that the Empress is enciente. The interesting on dit is no doubt trtio. Many believe that the Emperor, with his natural caution, bis desire to perpetuate bis dynasty, the sad example of his uncle before htm, and with his knowledge of tho uncertain qualities of French women iu high lifo, he would not bo likoly to go so far in tho matter of the successorihip upon doubtful grounds. Hence the early report from that quarter. As curiously connected with this subject it may be mentioned that the Emperor's health, which has been bnd for some years, does not improve. His chief surgeon, whom I know, told mo this morning, that he was with iho Emperor last night at the Palace of St. Olond, where bo was suddenly taken sick, from soven o'clock till twelve. His surgeons fear that his principal malady is a ramnlliBsetnent of the spinal marrow. Thanks to the peculiar notions of French modi-cal men, they are giving him the ' expectant treatment,' which means nothing, with the addition of an occasion al lavement of marsbmallow! His medical advisers, true courtiers as they aro, think that ho cannot live but a fuw years at farthest ! Quito definite. If it is a well declared, true rnmollissement, he certainly cannot re-1 covor, neither can ho llvo very many years. Moreover, he will be likely to sink into a gradual state of inanition of both mind and body. In regard to the Empress, : ono thing in tolerably certain: wilb her ambitious views, robust benlih and voluptuousness, the loyal hopes of the French poople will not be likely to remain long in a state nf Btispetno for want of an heir presumptive.The death of Marshal Ilaynnu at Vienna, wus quite unexpected. At midnight he returned to his hotel from tho Commercial Club, and at half past ono lie awakened his servant to bring him a glass of water. When the servant returned with the glass of water, the General was in the agonies of death. Ho died of apoplexy. Certain vital symptoms having been discovered on the body of tho Gonernl after death, strong efforts were made by bis physicians to reanimate tho body, but without producing any results. Tho Ixmrso which conveyed the body of the Marshal to the tomb was drawn by six black horses, and preceded by his war horse. It was followed by a chevalier clothed in ar mor of iron and carrying a sword, and by a crowd nf persons of distinction, amongst whom were three archdukes, the Prince WindiBcliraelz, etc. The death nf the illustrious chemist, Orfila, which occurred I ait week, after an attack of pneumonia of five days' duration, his left a void in the Academy of Medi cine of Paris which cannot bo again soon filled. Ho has perhaps contributed more to the science of chemistry that is truly valuable, thnn any man who has ever lived. Six days beforo his death I heard him make a speech at a dinner party of a medical society, in per foct good health ; from iho dinner he went to a meeting of a board of railroad director, of which he was a con lintckcrbotkcr osstp. car tu in qualifications. The English, mors jealous ol their great maritime rival than the French, at first el -litm-d the invention as having bean first discovered in England many years ngo ; mid now conse not, from day to day, to pronounce It a fit il urn, Thero is no subject upon which Americans hero feel more interest than .n the success of ihis caloric principle. The sudden order of the Secretary of tho Navy has reassured them, while it has amazed tho Europeans as a new eiamplo or our go-nhonditivenosa They begin to think and to say " that there is nothing too great or . too difficult for thai people lo engage in," and the rapidity with which they execute their projects is the most astonishing part of it. Ono who looks on here, from day to day, at tho snail pace with which every new project is accomplished, trilling as it is, iho running hern mid thero, the pulling and blowing, the appointing of servants the gelling up of livery, tho registering and ro-registering, the feeing and feeding of lawyers, and all the interminable details of the "getting up," and finally tho ultor "behind tho ago" nature of the solemn farce when finished, cannot but look at iho power that is in the great bruin of the young Republic with a pride that knows no bounds. And bore I wish to mako a remark which I hope every ono who reads this communication will recollect, for it bears upon a subject of vast importance to tho American peoplo. I have not seen a single- American in Europe, amongst several hundred with whom I have conversed, but whose opinions have boon modified on Iho subject of homo politics, and who does not go home with an iucreased lovo of his country, with a better insight into the position which it sustains in iho world of nations, and with an Increased knowledge of his duties as a patriotic citizen of tho Republic. (Of course those shallow minded fops who cum here for fashion and choup women, and who have no iuflucnco cither at homo or abroad, are excluded from the nutnher.) This modified feeling is observed particularly on tho subject of slavery and the violent party divisions which exist. To so great an extent does this softened down feeling manifest itself that it is difficult to recog-1 nizo in conversation to what soction of party or country a man belongs. The mighty mission, which all can mora readily see from this point, our country has to fulfill, at once does away with tho feelings which actuated them at homo, and here they are simply Americans. Icauoot now take up a violent party paper from America, and read the acrimonious attacks which are there made on parties and sections, without involuntarily laying It down with a feeling of horror at the dangers which surround the high mission which our country is appointed to accomplish. It Is the magnitude of this mission, as seen from the midst of ihe old rotten monarchies of Europe which intensifies these feelings. I have soon hero old, gray -headed men from our country, who were partisans at home, talking on this subject until the tears started to their oyes. Nut a day passes that we am not t ld by tho French and English papers, that the time will como whon the extension of torrltury, tho violenco of party politics, the acrimonious feelings growing out of the slavery question, and the iutrigues that will grow out of a variety of interests, will have weakened the ties which hold the Union together to the last point of endurance, and the Republic will be numborcd amongst ihe things that were. Wo don't admit its probability; but wo cannot, at tho same time, deny its possibility. The police restrictions of Paris have been considera bly increased wiihiu Iho last week, owing to a demon stration which took placo nt funeral in the Latin tiuar- ter. The wife of M. Raspail, an ex-Representative, who has been In prison since 1818, for political offen ces, lately died a few leagues from Paris. On her death bed sho demanded to see her husband. Her request was at first refused by the Government, and was only acceded to when it was too late, M. Raspail arrived under a strong guard to seo his wife a corpse. His gTief was so intense that he had to be torn from the lifeless body by force. According to hor request she was brought to her town bouse In tho rue Monsieur lo Priuce, from thero to bo carried lo the Gcmetory of Vin la Chaise. Tho polici not expecting any excitement, they wero astonished to find, when the procession started from the Latin Quarter, that there worn at least five thonsand persons, many of whom wero roc-ognixed by tho police as Republicans, and all of whom wero in fact either Republicans or Legitimists. It was in reality a political demonstration. The funeral passed on, and when It reached tho Place do la Bastille, where stood the old prison-house of the Revolution, so memorable in history, and where now repose ih bones of several hundred of the martyred victims of the Revolution of 1830, a student cried oat " Chapeaa has ! " and the whole procession, which had now augmented very considerably, took off their bats and bowed their he d'ed the most distinguished man nf his profession, covered with titles and honors, and vory wealthy. r'rom the Knickerbocker for April. THE BIBD-FANCIEBS. Wo wish that our readers could hear tho writer of the following sketch of 'The Bird Fanciers' depict the samcvscetio and conversation orally. It is a richer treat than any one act farce to which we ever had the pieaatuhMil listening Tho corner of Fulton and Naisau streots, now The Sun office corner, was once the celebrated Shalt 8 pea re i avern, Kent ny Hodgfcinson, a retired actor, a gentle man and a wit. Here congregated all the eccentrics oi mo iime, auu among I tie in many wnoae equals at this day would scarcely bo found visiting a tavern. But not so Caen. George Frederick Cooke, J. W.Jarvia, Vlicah Hawkins, and a host of oihors, equally well known, were the nightly inmntesuf this omnium of eccentrics, indeed, Hodgkinson's was the Exchange, for fun and humor. Old-style Now Yorkers wero moderate in their libations; but still, the single pot of uio, or us equivalent, was tho necessary accompaui ment of an evening's gossip. Ono little table, iu a sly cornor, seemed by common consent to be sacred for a special use every evening Irom eight to nine o'clock: mid if a stranger should by accident seat himself alongside this table, some of the guests would inform him that ho had better lake another soat, and leave those for The Bird Fanciers' or he might 'spoil the quarrol.' Many a night have I gone to this room at a few minutes beforo eight o'clock, to see ' the quarrel ' aforesaid. Just as tho clock struck eight, in would como Jommy Bessonet, at the Fulton street door, ami at about the same time John Lentner would outer by the Nassau street door. If either should arrive ono minute he-fore the oilier, ho would look vacantly around the room until his companion arrived. This had occurred every night for twenty years. Jemmy Bessonet was a dealer in birds, bird cages and wooden ware, in Nassau street, three doors above Maiden lane, and was cele brated tor his Minn, a talking-bird of superior quality, which you onco immortalized in tho Knickerbocker. John Lentner manufactured tiihiug-tackle and sold birds in hair, now 1-niton street, near Golden Hill, and wus celebrated for his untiring friendship for Jemmy Bessonet, and for an excess of patience, which constituted him a good fisherman. 'How d'ye do, Johnny?' How d'ye do, Jemmy V 'What nro you going to try a Utile of J' 'Well, I don't know: what are von truing to try a little of?' And to the unpractised ovu they renllv seemed in doubt; but in fact, neither of them had overdrunk any thing but a singlo mug of ale iu an evening in all j nis uie. i Well,' flivs Johnny, 'I guess I'll try a mug of beor: Abraham, bring me a mug of beer.' Hnug me a mug ol beer, too, Ahram, echoes jemmy, to the old mulatto bar-keoper. Down went the two mugs on the table, dripping with both froth and cold-nesii, for Abram alwn)s gtive lull measure I name this ns a peculiarity of the olden time. jo tinny aim jemmy now seized i lie uanuies oi ineir separate mugs; and while their faces looked like a conglomerate of palates, with mouths peculiarly shaped to receive the potent liqnor, a slight nod, but full of complimentary 'good health, announced that a por tion from eacli mug was about to ho swuiioweii: tiien their visages relaxed, and the usual conversation commenced : 1 Well, Jimmy, how is your Minn T1 'Oh, beautiful: he is a great bird, that Mino. If any body cornea in, ho calls out, 'Jemmy! shop! coming!' You see I used to say, 'Coming,' and now Mino says it too. Alderman Bracket said t'other day that they wasa-goin' to indict my bird forruisin' an alarm of firo; that Tommy Franklin, tho Chief Engineer, heard him do it. He calls nut, when the ingines are cumin', Hurrah, Nino! hurrah, Three!' ho known them all apart. Tho ouly thing that bothers mo with that bird, is his always saying, when any body asks the price of any ihtng, 'Two nud six :' You know, Johnny, I ased in sell Ilium wooden bowls attwo-and-six, but now I ask tbreo shillin's; but Mino sticks to (he old prico. ' Well, Jimmy, tlint it a great bird : 1 always said it, and always will. I wish your English mocking-bird was ns good as your Mino. ' Why T What's the matter with my English mock ing-bird f Did you ever sen a better bird! did you ever see a better-throated bird: call him a perfect bird.' Do you, thought Well now, Jimmy, I don't want to hurt your feelings; but that bird has got a good many laulls, and he can t hem it ; 'lie sum atnt in him. I look athimclus: ho hai tbreo faulty feathers on the left side of his neck, and the fourth tail-feather has n bad quill; it's chalky; It hasn't oil enough in it tn It eon it supple; lost you look at lus tail ol a cold IJoclrrj. Ma TLB Grovr, Fhasklik Co., April, 1S.3. Mr. Bascom : In a little paper called the In- fcntrc." published by the "Union Selion! " in Circle- vine, i n ml iho following. Kadi number ol the paper, besides compositions from the pupils, &c, contains a monthly paper from iho respect ivo teachers. There-port from Miss F. II. Sphknolr, ono of the teachers, is enriched with the following beautiful and touching lit- tlo tribute to the memory of two of her scholars, recent ly deceased, iioiti in conception and expression it is a gem. lou will confer n favor upon nil true lovers ol poetry ly publishing it. Yours truly, A. McF. Whon our " Union School" was first organized, I found in my room mid under my charge, among others, two interesting Gorman boys brothers. 1 was much ploascd with them, fur they manifested a love of learning above their years, and wore besides, btight-eyed, noble-hearted children. On coming together again al ter a vacation of two weeks in January, they were absent, 'iiniiiring particularly into tho cause, I found thni they had both been attacked with scarlet fever, had died nnd been buried side by side in the grave yard. Every chord iu my being was touched ! Pwcpt away In childhood's beauty, In thrlr Mrlimt, tendnr jew, Kro the path of life grew thorny, Or their bright eyes dim with tests; Kro Ino winds of Time blew stormy, Ere their souls encountered fears. Yflsl (he atisdow fell upon them, And llielr little lamps went out, Ere three earthly bores had echoed Oftrn to the joyous shorn. Short their Journr-y lo the "vsllrj," For lb" gluttons heights above l.ured them, by their wondrous beauty, Upward to tho world of love. Swift their little barks awrpt over Jordan's cold snd fanning wave Quick Ihelr little spirit fluttered Hackwnrd onto Him who gate. Yet) we know they're blooming brightly In the fnlr erlealisl bowers; Still we miss them, oh I so often, Prom this sadder world of ours. And whene'er the walls of mcm'ry Open wide their pearly gates, Kntereth to two shining angels Two dear blesied 8plrltmatea. And the glory on their toroheada Makftb bright the path tbey trend ; And they smile so swoetlv on ns, Thst wo cannot think them dead. nnd his sacrifices for the good of society, his own children hated and feared him. It was their duty to over look nis faults, and aituougn ne was always very kind and amiable to all mankind in general, surely a man has a right to be as cross and ill-humored as he pleases in a house of his own, and whicli was paid for out of the fruits of his own enterprise, lo deny this, would bo to deny the sanctify of the domestic altar. If he aoused and insulted, in moments or irritation, ins own children, he did not diminish his charities. He con tinued to givn liberally to beggars, although he never gave a coin oi pin-money io nis uaughters. ooiomon Drowse ii au a rigoi iu uo mis, anu who buouiucomplain? ' What a splendid reputation he had out of his own house ! There ihe theatre of bis benevolence was too circumscribed for his largo heart, and he scor ed to labor on so smalt n scale. Every body praised him for his goodness, and bis expansive sympathies en larged from dav to day. He was indeed a man of feeling. 4 Often hns he went over the sad story of some noor. destitute emigrant woman, while standing with hat in hand profoundly and benevolently listening, with a complacency of encouragement (hut was really won derful : and 1 have seen him pour tho balm of his feeling heart into the wounds of a wooden-legged voieran of 181'-!- 'What a noble fellowl' he would say, the tear running down his cheeks, while his heart beat with pride and gratitude to the defenders of his coun- try' .... . . I bus Solomon Browso went about doing good. It was a tiocosary instinct of bis nature. It was temper ament wiih him, and bo could not help it. He was for over projecting associations for the relief of destitution, and was continually laying out and recommend-in? plans which society was bound to support, for its distressed members. His name was posted up in every public asylum as its founder or patron; and thoBO who associated with him were gro.it udmirers of his benevolent face, and were for ever praising hi nanny smile. near, good man! they would say, what a blessing to society !' We hivo said Ins childron hated turn. His wife told him ho was a humbug, and this always irritated him. Ho resented it always, and went on abusing all at home and doing good abroad. o left home ono night, niter a quarrel with his wife because the last box of tea was used up, and also because she wanted a few shillings for a bonnet for their eldest daughter. ' Her oxtravagance,' ho said, 'would be the ruin of him I' He presided that very night, with matchless dignity nnd grace, et the anniversary meeting uf tho ' Bread-aud-llutter Society.', Ills speech breathed tho vory aroma of putlautliropy, nnd filled tho whole hull with a delightful fragrance. Tho next morning it was published in all Iho papers. It was eloquent, nnd tilled with tho noblest sentiments of humanity, bringing down blessings and npplause upon ! his benevolent head. I need no I say how calmly and gracefully be received the adulation of his audience ; waning his hand with a beautiiul motion, as it unwil ling to disturb the serenity of his soul on such an occasion. Alter the adjournment, tho poor members nf tho ' Bread end-Butter Society ' thronged around him, pressed his soft baud, and implored Heaven's blessings upon his noble and disinterested efforts in their behalf. What an honor to be on such terms with him ! Thai night, by accident, ho had forgotten his key, and had to utand ringing his door-be) I for at least five minutes. He was n't angry at all, and did n't awaken his Btl'righted wife in vain. She wnlked down and let him in. He had a right to be let into his own house, and bo would see if any ono dared to lock him out. The curtains of sleep were folded gracefully around his benevolent form, and he was soon dreaming a glorious dream of descending angels, scattering flowers around Ins pathway. His poor wile, agitated and crushed by so benevolent a despot, counted ihe solitary hours of a sleepless night, and arose with a haggard face, the result of her untold sorrows. ' l lie next day tie wns mniiiheil. He awoKe to iinu himself glorified in the papers. Ho said nothing of his speech to his wife or children. She wns expected it without having it pointed out by himseit. ii she ventured to hint some alight approbation of his re marks, and exhibit any pride in lus lame, tie cut tier short with a ' Pshnw! woman, what do you know of public atlairs r lis childron were loyoiis when ho was not at homo! Children always should he joyous; there aro horns and cares enough around them wnen tney grow up to be men and women. When Mr. Browso came homo they spoke in whispers, and hid within the folds of their hearts the gay and pleasant smiles of innocent childhood. Ihoy werealraid to disturb ins contem plation of those grand problems of society which ab sorbed his great and fertile mind. ' But Solomon Browse died ono day. The air was filled with his praise. Obituaries, eloquent of his virtues and of his public deeds, filled tho columns of the gazettes. Delegations from all the benevolent insti tutions of Ins country followed him to his grave, and fall ? If they have, tho violets must have tears in their blue eyes, as Ihoy look at the unpromising features of meir oia mother, rne nine brooks nave not yet uarea to como out of their hiding places. And as for ihe spring birds, they must be sitting somewhere with folded wings, and drooping heads, wondering what these groat drifting, driving snow-storms are coming now lor. 'Spring, Is it ? So the whole race of almanacs say, from (he immortal Dudley Leavilt down through every shade and variety of medicine, 'sugar-coated,' 'all- healing,' ' Russian Salve,' and ' Ssrsaparilla !' Surely, it must be ao. ' Spring, indeed ! It is a winter's night out of doors, a winter s lire blazing awav before me. and the warm red flickoriugs over ihe wall and ceiling look as if it certainly was winter somewhere: If you doubt the truth of Ihe following, just ask J B , of Amenin, who avers that it is 'verily veritable' Moreover, ho says that ihere are more such dolicnto persons 'thereaway:' 'A young lady called at the shop of a cabinet maker in this village to leave directions with him nhoiit makings table which she had previously ordered. Among other ' particulars,' sho enjoined it upon him to make the 'limbs' small ; adding, after some hesitation, 4 You know what I mean, I suppose? With a vacant look the cabinet maker replied: 'You mean leob. don't vouT' This disregard of tho lady's modesty was altogether too much; the bare iden, so suddenly presented, almost overcome her !' Tho Hues entitlod 'Naooleon's Prauer.' concerning which an inquiry was made in our last number, have been sent us by an obliging friond. They aro credited to ' M'Carthv.' Who is M'Oarthv 1 We nevor hoard of any pout of that name. Perhaps his light is 4 under a bushel 'of Iriih potatoes : 'Yea! bury mo deep la tho infinite ios); Let my heart bavo a limllleia grave : For my spirit In Hie was as fierce and free As the enures nt the tempeit-wavo. 'A far from the reach of all earthly control Wore tbn fathomieia depths of my mind : And the ebbs and Hows of my singlo sen! Were as tides to the rest ol mankind. 'Then my briny pall shall engirdle tho world, Ah In life did tlis mirs nf my fame; And each mutinous billow that's sky-ward curled Shall acnm tn reeeho my name. That nsme shall ba storied In annals of crime lo Ihe uttormoit corners of earth; Now brenthcl as a curse, now a spcll-wnrd sublime, In tbn 1 1 Drilled Inod of my birth, Ayl plunge my dark heart lo the lnlinito sea; It would burst from a narrower tomb: Bliiil leu than an ocean hie aepalcbro be Whose mandate to millions was doom)' for tho Ohio Ptata Journal. MUSIC OF THE B0TJL. DV CAHIUK MTF.n. Softly solemn is tho music Floating to tho list'ning soul From the Heaven's upper arches Mighty picans ever roll. From the irls-circlod chambers, Gcntlo Mercy's tear-stained seat, Hear yo not tho holy anthems Which tho Hps of Lovo repeat ? When the prayer of Faith ascemletli, Tho' the lips be mute and still. F.v'ry pulse of Nature blendeth With that music's raptuw thrill, Sweet It comcth when a brother With a brother nobly stands When "rorioivK" tho lips uneloseth, Joining Friendship's parted hands. When the tealous ardor burning On the purely gifted tonguo, Many a heart is homeward turning From the strains by Syrens sung. When from out the lanes and alleys, Wretched, loathsome haunts of crime. Gladly haatos ono rescued mortal, Ye shall hear that hymn sublime. When the sad, sweat eyes of Pity Weep for woo and want the tear-Heavy hearts by Love aro lightened, Sweetest strains the soul shall hear. When across the silent waters Moves a dark and troubled wing. List, O Soul! lo thes the victor Shall a song of triumph sing. List ye, then, the solemn music Pealing down thro' arches dim-Kindling with seraphic rapture Ever rolls that mighty hymn, PtiAtANT Hill.O., April 4, 1863. ilamp day ; he inlds in every feather b-it that : he can't j bo wns laid in hi tomb amid ihe soha and tears of i do dothin with it. i 'Now look o' hero, Johnny, you're always abutting that bird. I say hn's as good a throated bird as you oversaw. Did you ever hear him mew like a cat? Can a bnd-thrnnted bird do that 1 Did you ever seo him coming down on tho lower perch? That's the timo to see if his tail-feathers are perfect. Why, he 'ims beautiful. Now hero, Johnny, don't let us quarrel about that bird: it's no use; your mind is set about that bird, and lh?re is no use try in' to got you right. How is your now canary I' ' Well, hn's first rate, all except one note. You know the note that comes out of that bird-organ of mine when the handle gots just up by ihe hinge T Well, that nolo bothers him n liltlo, but I think he'll get it after a while. He'a the best colored bitd I ever know ; and every oilier way he' good, except that hinge note.' Hero the mugs would be lilted, Johnny's in compliment to himself for his eulogy nn his canary, and Jemmy's to wash his throat, lo facilitate his anticipated attack on Johnny's bird. ' Look here. Johnny, I used to think that you know something about birds, but when 1 hear you talk about that lame canary of yours, It initKes mo sick, ion dou't seem to know what ails tlint bird; yon don't know why he can't sing that nolo. Now I'll tell you. you seo you alwnya use your cutilo-fith bone Ino sharp; and one side of your bird's bill is so worn off, that he can't clean his sect); and when ho sings, tho wind slins nut that sido nf his bill, nnd he can't mako n good note. When n bird can't clean his seed, yon fee he a wnvs nets stuffed full ol these Indigestible shells, und can't get on: besides, his small spur on tho left foot ain't good. Ho has to stand nil the big perch ; be can't hnld on to the small perch ; ho is too wenk in the left foot for that; it won't contract cnonah to grip it.' Look here, Jimmy iiessonct! (and hero johnny would lilt Ins mug and empty it, Jemmy following suit), 'look bore, Jimmy, you and I bavo been hero every night for twenty years, and ever since I had that canary you've hud a spue ag'iii' him, just as you had eg in that Java sparrow iiireo yonrs ago; anu as soon as we got a-ttlking, you always begin n talking ag'iii' that bird. He's a confounded sight better bird than you ever owned, or ever will own, That Minn's the nnly docent bird that ever could live in your shop, with tho dirty seed you feed your birds. (ow, i never want to talk with you about birds ng in, for it's all stuff. You don't know nothing nbout birds: and then you get ao spitefully mod about nothing: there's no uo talking with yon !' Well, 1 don't caro lor yen, nor your birds,' says Jimmy, 'and I think wo better just stop meelin' hero, for you always quarrel about that lame canary o1 yours.' 'Well, this is tho last timo we'll quarrel, any how At this point, eacli would whoel off for his separate door, and as the doors swung to, the clock invariably struck nine. Then all tho inmates nf Iho room would laugh, ami tho oldest comers enjoyed ' Iho quarrol' the most. The next night, as tho clock struck eight, in would como the two bird fanciers again, and again it was i How d'ye do, Johnny?' llw d'ye do, Jimmv t' 'What aro you going to try a littlo of?' And beforo they had seemed to derive, Abram, as usual, was drawing the beer. M. thousands, to whom his benefactions had been hies sings. His will was opened. It was full of excellent maxims tor lus children, in n codicil. Ail lus properly wns It'll to tlm ' Society for the Distribution nt t-arina- cenus Food among tho Industrious Classes,' reserving n thousand dollars tor a monument lor himself, tie died regretted by every one save his wile and chil dren, who by his death were released from the stern rulonl a domestic tyrant. 'You may read his epitaph upon hi tomb-stone. IleiVsouon elevated mound at Greenwood, and so does his epitaph. Ask that delicate and crushed wife what sho thinks of it!' Here is ft ' scribliment' ontiiled 'A Sketch of Modern' Improvements in 25T.2,1 for which wo aro indebted to n ' rapper,' who can 'call spirits from tho vasty deep of the future, as well as the past. Perhaps iho 'spirit' is a little ' cracked,' but that's his business : ' This is a progressive ago. Everyhndy says so, ami it is ao old maxim that what every body says is generally true. Many nnd great improvements buvu been made in : every thing in the last filty or one hundred years, and ' many more will probably bo made during Iho next! century. One hundred and fifty years ago, it would have taken from eight to sixteen months io go around the world. Ono hundred years ago, it could bo done in three months ; in 111G0. it wus accomplished in three weeks ; but now, a traveler, by taking tho ' Lightning-Driven Flying Machine,' can sleep at Detroit, and by starting at sunrise, can breakbeat at New York, dine at Jeddo, slip at Sun Francisco, and beat Dotroit again by bed time. Thirty thousand sheets wero unco thought to constitute a good hour's work for any printing press: now two hundred thousand sheets an hour is ' alow working,' the type being set and tho press being driven by electricity, tichuul boys no longer rriecomositioiiB, each one having a miniature printing press of his own, worked by electricity, by which ho can print his compositions ns fant ai he cun think them. Thero aro no more oceans and but few moun tains now a days, the mountains having been leveled, and tho oceans partially filled in with them, leaving nothing but large inland seas whore were once tho Atlantic and Pacilio, thus greatly increasing the land area. Winter is no longer the cold season it was in olden lime, even at ihe North Pole. Immense furnnces have been built under ground, and ihe fire being let into them from tho centre of tho earth, tho heat is con veyed in every direction by large pipes, making winter nearly as warm as summer. Safety valves have been put in every volcano, end they can do no more dnniago. it was lately announced inai a jupanuso philosopher, whom name is unspellable, has discover ed j means to prevent earthquakes, which he will soon make nub lie. i he universe, in the nigm lime is now lighted by gas, p.ocured from vast natural reservoirs, a lew miles tumorous. A CAPITAL BIT. Tho Local (May, we suppose), of the Cleve land Herald, bits off Iho practice of cane, plate, frc, presentations in Iho following happy style: Mkritzp Com pmmk ntCane Priskntatioh. On Friday week, tho Crew and Cook of the Ohio Canal boat Polyanthus, presented (heir Captain with a cane. Tho following is the correspondence : Wa Lox, Oio Kan at, Kr.KVELAn, April 1, 1853, ) Hon. Captain Smith, Esq The undersigned in behalf of the Kru and Cuk of tho boto Polly- Aim-thus, present yu with a baswood Kaiu raised upon the Peninsula, that spot maid klassic around by being tho home nf Jeems Brown, Ein., author of tho " coiners ade, Notes by Ihe Weigh, Al tered Bills " and other works uf general issoo and cir- colashun. After being kut, the stick was taken to " Tinkers Crfk and pealed, and then to " Jonuy Kaik lok " where it was beautifully mounted, add a boss and toe line karved fin lop of it. Sutch is the simple yet afi'ectin history of tho weapon which is presented to yu as a relick nf the affecshnn which will follow yu whor avern the nrdonous donties ol a salers life ma kail yu. For Km and Cuk his Bob m Jones mark Ci.kvki.and, April 4th, I8'3. Willi a heart boiling over with burning emotions I accept your beautiful Cane. It deluges my soul with a Hood of darling recollections nf the lime when work ing, "living and Inving" together, in the inspired lan guage oi Iho poet, 11 We ihared each other' sladnesa And wept each others' teara.'' j When transporting ihe "black diamonds" from the howling wilderness, aud dark caverns of tho interior; to the metropolis of the f.nkes, how, amid tho darkness nnd dangers which at (he "witching hour of night" surround canal navigation, have I looked to you for support. How often have you, Boit, without chart or compass to guide, steered our gallant craft through tho thickening gloom which boded tempest and dUaster, whilo I, and I write it without vanity, stood at the bow, prepared to "snub her." And bow, when within tho walls of (he lock, whoso grim stones frowned upon us like the crumbling remains of some deserted ruin, tho relic of Romao or of Grecian pride and grandeur how olten nt that fearful hour, when tho "rush of many waters" was pouring through tho gates, threatening to whelm us, has our gentle yet lion-hearted cook, Poi.i.y, prepared for our solace anil refreshment, a pot full of ihe fragrant extract of tho berry of Rio, or a tumbler of Smith's extract of ryo. t'anton my emotion, lor ine "oiu time comes o or me now, ami forbid me tn any more than that I am, whether in command or retirement, ours, JOHN SMITH. To Bob Jodks, Oommittoe, &c. ilttsceHcmy. GROWING OLD. HORACE ORIS LET. One of iho Englixh comic almanacs gives a specimen of what witl bo election intelligence when the rights of women arn lully recognized : "Sir Charles Darling, (the Indies' candidate,) presented himself on the huntings, amidst a general waving of handkerrliiefa, and spoke as follows: Ladies and (with a smite) nerd I say gentlemen ? (Titters nnd 'Droll creniiirol') 1 think nut. Gallantry forbids my rccognizitig their existence in any light other than as the devoted slaves nf that divino sex, of whom I am proud to esteem myself the humblest. (Cries of ' how uico !') Ladies, then, ongols, goddesses ('Oh ! ' from au elderly bachelor, who wus removed by the police ) for the thrilling position in which I am pla ced, how can I he sufficiently grateful to that glorious reform in our electoral system, which has partially recognized tho truo position of lovely womnn ? ( Par-, tiallyt' in a tono of sarcasm, from a member of Mr, Screwdriver's committee.) My honorable and gallant friend objects to the ndverb. I say partially, for, by admitting (he ladies to tho franchise Kith tho gentlemen, they aro but recognized as equals, instead nf superiors. (Great sensation. ) Yos, ladies, Hnd it shall be my earnest endeavors, as your representative. ( 1 Yah i ' and ' Not yet!' from Mr. Screwdriver.) My honorable and gallant friend observes, 4 Not yet. It is true 1 have a formidable lival to contend with. The charms of bis person (screams, and ' Tho old fright ' ) his known politeness, above all, his taste In dress (hero the laii Tux 4 Oenturt' Papers. We renow our exlrarts from the 'Century Papers,' published monthly in tho hearing of all the members who aro so fortunate as to be present. 4 The Benevolent Man,' with which we open, Is tho type of a elms, not uncommon in nil grent cities, who fancy that while ihey 'are seen of men' in the display ol the psoudo- benevolence upon which they plume themselves, thoir minor meannesses. In a narrower but holier sphere, will pais unobserved and undetected : A Bonevoient Kan. Solomon Browso was a very benevolent man. He was, ii Is true, very irritablo at Iv mo, but very kind abroad. Tbo world saw him nud know him hi the latter character alone. Aftor his dinnor and his wine lie was sometimes fretful, particularly if nwnkenod from his nao by the entrance- nl a subscription-book for the benefit of the ' Firemen's Fund,' or tho ' Teetotal Indigent Society.' His family knew his failing, and said never a word. ' When walking tho pavement ho would vory care-fully kick off a stray brick into the putter, tor foat some excellent citixen would stumble against it; and I have seen him lift unanapple-peolinglroin the waik, uprehensive that it might prove disastrous to some inconsiderate or abstracted passenger. He was constantly offering his hand to old ladies to help them over the gutter, and looked henvenly when it was done. His shining brow was irradiated for an hour aftorward, in contemplation of his own gallant benov olence. How the woild did ndmire Mr. Solomon Browse! 1 Mr. Browse took a personal interest In every one's happiness, except that uf his wile, who did not seem tn have the worm s nppreciiuon oi pis en arming roar auter. It was beautiful to see him encouraging li ti lo boys, by patting them on the head and telling thorn, in tones of fascination, what learned nnd excellent men they were destined to be ! Why, tbey never for- ?ot it t It influenced their characters in alter life, hus did Mr, Browse influence the destinies ofsociety. ' It was indeed a great misfortune that his character at home, ana within the domestio circle, was not appreciated for, in spite of all hi public benafaotlons, below the surface of the earth. Tho whole world in short. Is now one vast republic, of which Do-1 troit is lite capital, nud a Sandwich Islander the President. Slavery wns abolished when Africa was an nexed, and every body is now Iron. ' Woman s rights havo had their day. Tho cause lost all its male adherents when it wns found that tho Treasnrtss who had been elected bad appropriated four millions nf the public's dollars to keep herself in ball-dresses. All those improvements, however, aro nothing lo what aro expected to ba made in a tow years. We are looking forward to the day when the circuit of the earth can be performed in four hours ; when the press can strike off one million sheets an hour; when grain nnd vegetables can be manufactured instead of grown ; nnd, above nil, whon wo onn annex mars, venus ami mercury, which wo aro bound to do." ' One afternoon, a few weeks since,' writes 4 Felix ' while waiting for the train of cars to leave with New York passengers from the 'Old Colony Depot in Bos-ion, I overheard a half-intoxicated Irishman discussing a delicate point in American politics. It was that uf office-seeking. I In was just drunk and foolish enough tn spenk all bis mind. Willi a gesture peculiarly en-ergot ic, nnd a voice that seemed to convey the sagaci ty of tho forthcoming sentiment, he said tn bis companion: "Divil lake the Whigs snd Dimmicrats! wimt dn t care nr em i "oy, wuum ungual ye, the way they come around ye lor your vote. It sjust as if ye miuht say, like lookin' for a situation!' The idea oi American politicians loiuung iu irisnmen ior situations was too much in bo resisted ; and ao I laughed over it till 1 was rocked to sleep in that magnificent cradle of ihe deep,' the ' Empire State,' In a most excellent epistle from a friend at Concord. New Hampshire, (a place whero they ' have gas, two cabs, an omnibus, and a President! ') the writer thus hits off the 4 spring which the sweet poet spake of :' "A brisht wood fire is sputtering within the grate. The last fresh slick lies upon its rosy bed, crackling and chirping away with as good a relish as if it was n't spring. Snrinir. indoedl Hark I hear ihe bail and snow silt against the window panes i nie wind is playing all sort of pranks. It is peeping into all the cracks, and rattling at all the doors aud windows; and when Hook to see what is tue manor, u goesoti whistling, just as if it wasn't him I Ah, the rogue I Spring is It? Where's the almanac? It must be that a winter's day has got loose, and has slipped down into the wrong place. Something most be wrong. A screw must be loose some whore in the weather machine. Where are the spring flowers 1 Are they awaking from their winter's nap ? Have they dared to pnep out from under the great white coverlet that Dame Nature laid over thorn, and tucked uo around them, when they grew week, and pale, and cold, last slighter ami clapping of kid gloves rendered iho spea ker inaudible for a moment) compared with such claims, mino aro worthless 'Do listen!' and 'The duck! ) ox tended no farther than a willingness, I may say a downright anxiety to die in the cause of ihe I fair creatures who, I believe I may say, have done me I Ihe honor to elect mo ns thoir champion. (' Yes, yes!') With the ladies' voice in my favor, 1 believe I need not fear ihoao of a gentleman being exorted against me. (Cries of ' We should like to see thorn,1 'Speak up, Alfred, do,' 4 1 am ashamed of you,' etc.) I thank you, gentlemen or rniher I do not thank yi-u ; I lienor you tor your may I say obedience (' Oh yes ! '. in a rapturous tono Irom the engaged gontlemon) though, alter all, I don't aoo bow you wore to holp yourselves. (Great npplause, and numerous bouquets thrown.) The Honorable Mrs. Poser stooped forward, and bogged to bo nllowed to address a few questions to tho cm in mate. Mrs, Poser What are Sir Charles' views with ro-gard tn tho existing excise regulations? Sir CharIft My first measure will bo to bring in a bin legalizing ino smuggling ul laces and rrenrh rib bons. ( Rapturous cheering. ) A I'oics. W hat about Iho sanitary movement ? Sir Uli tries thought every family should leave town nt tint end nf tb aenioti. ft wna Ida on in ion that all husbands paying tho income tax should be compelled to take their wives and children to the sea side for the autumn mouths. It should have his earliest attention. In answer to another speaker, he considered that as sembly rooms should be maintained in every town by the public purse. Mrs. Poser, What foreigu policy will you advocate? Sir Charles would advocate peaco with France, at all hazards, that nothing might endanger the immediate importation uf Parisian fashions. (Cheers, and bouquets.) A Young Lady. About (he army ? Sir Charles I am for keeping up a standing army, lo consist eniirely nf regiments of horse-guards, composed exclusively of officers. (Immense sensation.) Mrs. Poser, should like to hoar your inlmilinua as to the tolmcco duties. Sir Charles -To nrohibit the Importalion nnd cultl vatlon of Hint objectionable plant nltogelher, ao that there mnv hit no mom amok in if A show nt parasols wns demanded, anu mr unarms Darling was declared duly elected. A miserly skinflint, old gentleman down cast, having Inst a ann. wna nallml noon by his minister, who sug gesied various alleviations oi ins caiumny, tiding thai doubtless his reflections would suggest many more. "Yes," roplied the old curmudgeon, wiping away his tears, " Joe had an awful appetite it cost almost twice as much to feed him as any other member of thefamily." We who have lately ceased to be young are apt to du am r ueu at our rim perceptions that we are indeed growing old. The eye may have been dimmed, and ns range or vision contracted, but we did not mind that it was tho result of excessive study or protracted watching, perhaps of accident or illnoss; but now the locks, once so luxuriant ahd ample, havo wasted, hair by hair, until they seem lank and straggling; the brow, so smooth and fnir till recentlv. erown risid and furrowy; and the features havo a sharpness aud immo uuuy we nave not nunerio known. Here a casualty has made its mark: there a tfreat Borrow bna net ii seal; thero a sin has left its stain; each, perhaps, scarcely notioeable by itself, but altogether making a great change in ihe expression of the countenance, ami foreshadowing still greater changes to follow. Old we as yet aro not, but it is none tho less obvious that we are surely and steadily becoming so. Yes, we are all growing old. Tho youth, in tho first flush of his conscious elasticity and energy; tho mai den, in hor tenderest beauty and bloom; tho strong man, in the fullness of vigor and endurance ; tho matron in her chastened grace, and sober loveliness all are ripening for decay and dissolution and the tomb. Some will mature earlier, and rome later, many will be struck down in their youth, or in their prime; bm sooner or later, one common late awaits us, and our common mother will receive the mhos of us all to her bosom. We know this at arms' length, even in child hood, but wo realize and take it (o heart from the first hour wherein we perceive that we are growing old. Well, (he admonition wears n certain aspect of austerity or sharpuets, but bears within a core of sweetness as well. Tho human frame is less lithe and vigorous, the human face less bland and beauteoua in ego than in youth; yet age has iis own graces, wherever tbey have not been blasted by the mildews of a disor dered prime. Admirable In all its stages is the crown oi ood s workmanship, when uncorrtipted by ovu, untarnished by ain; anil perhaps nevor more truly so, thnn when silvered locks and sunken cheeks proclaim tho evening repose of tho pa-sions which had ofton disturb ed anu sometimes prevented ino courso ul netivo life. Now conscience, so often overborne and stifled by the fierco clamors of appetite or the fell swoop of ambition, ro-uBserie nnti vindicates its ilgntltil ascendancy; now hoaven draws nenrer as eurih recedos -. now tbo soul awakes, and prepares itself for ihe greet transformation so visibly approaching. Tho Orientals are justor than we in their disiineiivo and universal deference to nsc. deeming "length of days" in some sense a token of nivino approbation and favor, iMaintestiy, tho soul which steadily near the confines of the celestial man sions, ought to catch something of that glory which tills meir atmosphere, and radiites it, even though dimly, through its dial plate, "the liiuiau face divide." But age is not merely n "savor of life unto life : " It is a roveuler of the foul deformity of evil, ns well as uie ossentiai loveliness of good, ihe eagerness nud inexperience of youth mny entreat a mitigation of sen fence fur deeds which oven they cannot excuse; the tempestuous whirl of middle life may cloud or distort our perceptions of the moral character of many acts, which a calm, scrutinizing would exhibit as unworthv and culpable; but a vicious old ago an old age of uuiBjiijg, uui aiiii uimiiin't-ring nttonv, in nnvt-rno locks nut venerable, of leisure without reflection, of loneliness without God. of serenity devoid of dignity. of respect, of self eateom surely, this is nmoug the saddest sights oi a misguided, sin sick world, rar bet ter an early and n nameless gravo than an old age of punishment without repentance, and vtco without Biiamo. How to Grow Old Gracefully," is tho title of some one's book, which I have not been impelled to open. Tho name is abundantly suggestive; the book could hardly add anything which our own thoughts, if we give them scope, may not indicate. To crow old gracefully,! should say we must begin by living virtu ously and nsetuliy. we need not enre lor graces, nor think of self at all ; each noble aspiration, each worthy net, will set its seal upon the visage. No one needs an assurance that tho old age ol renelon, ol Wordsworth, of Hannah M nro. of Miss Edgnworth. wan beau tiful. Had Washington lived a hundred years, he would have been to the Inst the mott dignified aud commanding American. Franklin, at eighty, was still young in teeimg and in heart, many die older than he did who nave seon less than titty summers. Who imagines that Mrs. Fry over could, that Fanny Forester over can, becomo an old woman T la it well to desire and pray lor longth of days? I would say, so long ns our mental lacuuies remain essentially nndecayed, it is well, it is desirable to live The love of life is not a blind, irrational instinct; but has as its base a just perception that existence is a blessing, and that even iu this "vale of teara." its joys outweigh its woes. And besides, our terrestrial course prepares and slnpes us for the life that suall succeed it, which will bo to a great extent a continuation or second edition of this, with corrections and improvements. Doubtless Infinite Mercy hns means provided whereby the millions tn whom this life was a blank shall nevertheless be prepared for bliss in the next ; nnd I trust even those who have misused nnd culpably squandered this slageof being will yot be ultimately fitted for happiness in anotht r. But opportunities wasted can never he regained; the memory of past unworihiness must ever bo humiliating and regretful to the redeomo i soul, lnvnin did Joseph, revealing himself iu Egypt to his treacherous brethren, entreat them to "He not angry with yourselves that yo sold mo hither, for God did semi mo before you to preserve life." The views of God needed no vindication, while theirs do not receive any. 1 apprehend that flagrant iransgressnrs (and win is or is not of this number who shall say)T will ever feel a consciousness of inlerioriiy and self-reproach in the presence of those who walked worthily on earth that a retrospect of thoir darker hours can never bo ioyful nor welcome to Judas or Magdalen, ho inngns wo may grow thorein in wisdom nnd worth, it is well.it is desirable to live, but do lurtner. i o my view, insanity is the darkest, the most appalling of earthly calamities; but how much better is an old ago that drivels and wanders thai misunderstands and forgets? When the soul shill have becomo choked nnd smoth ered hy tho ruins of its wasting, falling habitation should prefer to inhabit that shattered tenement no longer. 1 shoniu not choose to si mid sniuuiering and trembling on the brink of the dark river, weakly draw ing back from the chill of its sweeping flood, when faith assures me that a new Eden stretches green inn fair beyond it, nnd that the baptism it invites, will cleanse the soul of nil that imw clogs, clouds, nud weighs it to the earth. No! when the windows nf the mind shall bo darkened, when Iho growth of the soul shall have been arrested. I wnnld not weakly cling to earth, which will have coased to nourish and uphold me. Rather let the "golden cup be loosed, and Ihe pitcher broken nt tho fountain;" lot the sun of my existenco go down, ere murky vapors shroud its horizon; let me close my eves calmly on the things of earth, and let my woary frame sleep beneath the clods of the valley; let the' spirit which it can no longer cherish as a guest, be spared the ignominy of detention as a prisoner j hut freed from the fullers of clay, let it wing its way through the boundless universe to wheresoever tho benign Father of spirits shall havo assigned linn everlasting homo. THE WHIRLWIND. Bryant has written a tnle in which iie introduces a clergyman who relntts the following events. Tho description of the Whirlwind is one of the most graphic sketches we have rend The sun rose as usual (he next dny, aud tho samo calm and silenco continued. My own apprehensions had passed away with the night, though I observed my father watching tho cloudless, hazy skies with the same air ol anxiety. About twelve o eiork 1 wns iu the orchard back of our cottage, amusing myself with gath ering the largest of Iho unripeapplo which ihe drought had caused to drop iu great numbers from the trees, intending to carry them to my (wo liiile brothers to play with. My father hud left hi occupations in iho held on account of tho liat, and whs then in the houne Suddenly I heard a crackling sound to the southwest as nf a mighty tlatno running among brushwood, and blown into fury by a strong wind. Looking townrda that quarter, 1 beheld a snull dark cloud, enlarging, blackening and advancing every instant, and under it the wood agitated with a violent motion, the tree-tops waving and tossing, the trunks swaying to and ho bendiug low and then erecting themselves suddenly, as if wrestling with a furious gust. Birds were flying iu all directions from the scene of ihe commotion, and cattle running affrighted from the wood in which ttiey hadsoughtshellerlrointheiiootidny heat. Tlo u I saw broken hrniirtics, ami green leaves irom uie ireo tops, ami withered ones from the ground, and dust from tho dry earth, lifted together into the nir in n vast column, nud whirled rapidly round, and hoard the crndi of fall ing treos, and the snapping ot mo shivered irmiKs ns if the Prince of the Powers of the Air, having ren-ived permission, had fallen in grent wrath upon the forest, to destroy it. Before that advancing whirlwind, the trees bowed to the ground, and the n. xt moment were raised again hy the power of the gale, and drawn into t lie vanes., anil twisieu en ny mo roots, anu wuineo with nil their brnnehea into the nir, and toned to iho one tide and tho other, upon tho summits uf ihe surrounding wood. It was but fur a moment, n brief mo-mMit uf astoniilnneiit and terror, that 1 stood gazing on this spectacle. I turned and made for the house with my utmost speed, and, ns I ran, I heard the roar of the whirlwind behind me, nnd was sensible of a sudden shade passing over the heavens. When I nrrived at the bouse and opened ill door, I saw my father, who had been engaged in reading, just rising from his sent, and going towards Iho window, with tho hook in his hand, to learn the cnuso nf the tumult without. That book was the Bible and th recollection of this ein- Sle circumstance forms a ground nl eotnoiniioii aim one. In the recollection of his sudden nnd un fore warned death, which I would not be deprived of for worlds. out in his strong voice, "Run, run foryonr lives leava the house this instant the whirlwind is upon us." As he spoke, tho souud of tbo gust was heard howling about the dwelling, ami the timbers cracked and groaned in the mighty blast. My mother bad hastily gathered the childred, and wns putting ub beforo her, to go uut at the door, when all ut once a terrible crash was heard over our heads, tho wolls shook, iho win-dows were shivered in pieces, the floor heaved under our foer, and the ceiling bursting upwards in several places, ahowed us the roof raised ami borne off by tho wind. Tho walls and partitions ol the house swayed to and fro, like a curtain, My fat her was a man of great bodily strength, above tho medium h'-'ight, aud brawny nnd muscular beyond most persons 1 have known. w lien i last saw mm, be nan pui uis strong anna aainai the walls that threatened to overwhelm us, aud was bracing himself against it lo give us an opportunity to escape. I saw also my mother who had taken the two youngest children by the hand, her Imir streaming op- wnrda in dianrdpr. mnkirwr for tbo door. I found my self, I know not how, without the house, and scarcely was I there when a rush of air seemed to draw the breath from my lungs, and I was lilted from the ground amidst a whirl of dust, nnd broken branches and ellipses nnd hoard h from iho hiiildius. How high I wos carried I know not, fur I saw only tho confusion around me, but shortly afterwards Melt myself saieiy ooposu-cd among boughs and- leaves. 1 must have swooned at'or l descenueu, wt i iduh-lect slowly recovering my consciousness, and finding my garmonts wet nnd heavy, and the rain beating upon me. I lay among the thick folingeofn maple that had been overilirown by tho whirlwiud. A man whose voice and mien were fami'ii tr to me, and whom as my senses gradually returned, I recognized for one of my neighbors, came nnd took mo off and placed me beside him on the ground. Around me the earth was strewn wiih rails, boards and splintertd branches of trees, and looking westward to tho bill, I beheld where fences had been swept away, nnd stone walls scattered, and a wide path had been broken through the woods, along whicli masses of fresh earth appeared omnpg the heups of prostrate trees, nnd tall shivered trunks stood over- luuKJiig uieir iifruuiuu irumvs. ii n uiuo mn ouvo from mo wns a heap of1 bricks nnd ruhbitdi, and on my inquiring what it could bo, I was told it wns the ruins of my father's houso. Then flashed upon my mind the recollection of that moment of confusion, husto nnd affright which passed before I left it, and iu a transport of nnxiety.nmountingtn nlmont agony, I ran to the spot, I found the neighbors already gathered about it, and busy in removing the rubbi-h, to ascertain if any of the family were buried beurutli, and weeping nil Ihe while i ufsisied iliom iishtrn my einiitbh stretigtn wouiu ollow, notwithstanding the good iiaturcd attempts they made in prevent me. Let me hasten over what follow ed, I said in the ljegirmiu: that I could relate my story without any painful amotion, but 1 was mistaken, for when I come to thin part of it. f urn alwayssick at heart. They wero found, crushed to death by Ihe fall of iho chimney nnd ihe beams of tho building my father my mother, and the two lovely children still in nor arms. But where was my sister had she been so fortunate as to escape t Even tho hopo was torn from uie, for she wns soon found where iho whirlwind had cast her, in Iho edge of tho bru'ok, now swollen by rams, tho water rippling against her choek, white as snow, and her disheveled hair floating in tho current. Thero aro no oxpressinns that can describe Ihe bit-tenicss of my grief. The bodies were carried to a neighboring house; I followed them. I remained wiih them nil night, I refused tn be comforted, but with the feverish hope, which soineiimes crossed my mind that tho dead wero in a slate nf insensibility from which they would awaken. I slept not, I nte not, till they wero buri'-d. 1 struggled madly and with tnoanings of agony against those who came to put them into the coffins. Tbey wero carried to tho gravo the next day, nmidst a great concourse of people from all the surrounding country, who filled the house and gathered in a solemn aud silent multitude around iho door. The hymn given out on that occasion by tho minister, was ono my mother taught mo to repeat from memory, and when ihey sang tho following stanza, the eyes of all were turned on me, by reason of my passionate sobbing: " Man's life Is like tho firm, Or like the moroinf ilower: A shnrp wind aweepi tho lield, It withers in an hour." I was not allowed lo seo tho bodies covered with earth, lest my health might suffer from iho excess of my grief; but when nt length they told me they wero buried, I suffered myself to be undressed and led to my bed, from which I did not rise for several days after. AH ESTOPPEL. The early history of the jurisprudence of Michigan, if faithfully chronicled (it would require the pen of an Irving to do it), would furnish forth an entertninment abounding with the soul and point of humor. Many of these liulo legends ye il tut around the scenes which hnve given birth to ihem, and servo sometimes to give) zest lo a bar dinnor nr to enliven a bar meeting. Among Ihem is the following : Judge u -, a plain and worthy man, but no inw- yer, was onco county judge of O.ikiand, under the old system. A cause came on for ti ia( lie lore him on one occasion, in whii-b the action was lounueii in ion, ann the plea of the defendant, which wus special, wus siicb ns lo give him the aflirimtive nf ihe issue, upon the strength of which ho cla'ined the r if.-lit to open and close the case. This point was denied by the counsel for the plaintiff, 'who never, in Ihe whole course of his practice, had beard of such an enormity as (he defendant's presuming to open the cane.' Authorities worn brought nnd cited, however, nud iho Judge, after mature consideration, detei mined that such was the defendant's right, and so pronounced his decision. After short pause, during which the nlrnntitl was grumbling his disiaiiftfactiuu, iho court told the defendant's law- yor to go on, " Your honor," snid ho, rising, " I am not quite ready to open the case when I et ready vill let the other side knowV This opened, if not the raso, nt least the eyes and mouth of (he 'other side, who sprang tn his feet and bellowed forth denunei ition upon the stupidity of tho Judge, whose absurd decision hod placed him in such a dilemma. 'You see, your honor, what yon have done; you havo actually placed tho case in tho hands of iho defendant. He took possession of our oxen, nnd when wo brought nn action to recover them, he took poiteuinn of that alio,' I can't help it sir,' said tho learned Judge, with great sternness, ' tho decision is made, and it is loo Into to alter it; the law must take its course. You must wi'hdrnw your action, and sue again.1 "If he does, your honor," snid the defendant's conn-sel, ' shall plead the pendency of this nrtion iu bar and beat him. 'Then Mr. snid the Judge, 'I see no other way for ymi but to sit down quietly und wait till the defendant pets ready to try ibis cause.' The plaintiff took ihe Judge's ndvico.but tbo 4 time appointed has never 'elapsed,' ni,d he is waiting yet." De troit Advertiser. Tom Cobwin Goon Advice. Mr, Hnrvoy, tho Washington correspondent of Ihe Philadelphia North American, tells the following lain : " About throe years ago, a young man presented him self to Mr. Corwin, for n Clerkship. Thrice was he refused ; and at ill ho tnnden f mrtli effort. His perseverance and spirit nf detruiiiintton awakened a friendly interest In ins we it are. and ino oecreiary ndvisea mm iu the strongest possible terms, to ahaudou his purpose, aril to go to the Went, if he could do no heller outside tile Departments. " my young menu, said ne, "go in the North west, buy l(ii acres of government land or, f yen have not the money to purchase, f qu it on it ; got you au axe and a mattock ; put up a log c.ibin for your habitation, and raise a little com and potatoes; keep your conscience clear, and live liko a freeman, your own master, Wltn no one io give you orders, anu wnu- mt dependence nn anybody. Do that and you will be honored, respected, inll'ieiUial, and rich. But ac cept a clerkship hero, and you sink at mice, all inde pendent ; your energies become relaxed, anu yon are tin lit toil in a few yenrs fur any other and more independent position. 1 may give yen a place to-day, and I can kick you out ngain to-morrow ; and there's another man over thero at the White House, who can kick me nut and the people by and bycaii kirk him nut; and so we go. But if you own nn nero of Innd, it is your kingdom ; and your cabin in your casile you are a aov-reigu.and yon will feel it in every throbbing of your pulse, and every day id your life will assure me of yonr thanks lor having thus ndvixed you," If the thousands who so ardently strive for places under government would ponder well thene wonts, nnd exercise a sound discretion in their application, thus many a young and gallant spirit would be saved from inanition, to be useful to (ho world nnd a joy, rather than grief to its possessor."Curious Sck.sk. Captain Hughcrow, In Iho "Memoirs of his Voyngo to .Memel, in littf," gives the following ilosciipiiou of a curious piscatory sceno : "Ono morning during a ralni, when near the Hebrides, nil bands were called up at ttiteo in the morning to witness n battle between sevoral of l ho full called thrashers and some swonl-ti-h on one sido, nud an enormous whale on the other. It wrni in tbo middle of summer, ami the weather being clear, and iho fih being closo to the vessel, wo had a tino opportunity of witnessing the contest. As aoou as iho whale's back appeared above ilm wafer, iho thrashers, springing several yards into the air, descended with great violence upon tbo object of their rancor, and inflated upon him the most severe slaps with their tails, the sound ol which resem bled the reports ol I11!1BK'1h men in n iiiaiuuro. ino sword-lMi, in their turn, attacked tho dixtrciscd whale, stabbing him from below; and thus besot eu all sides and wounded, when the poor creature appeared, the water around him was dyed with blood. In this manner limy continued tormenting nnd wounding him for many hours, until wo lost sight of him, and I havo no doubt they iu the end accomplished his destruction." Important to Lawyfu. BriehVss and furnishing Btbinnys nro informed that vt estern I exas, nt preaeni, nffora orent inducements to laborers. High wages Kleiity of " hog oud honunmy ; " plenty of work for rainless heads ami nerveles arms, such as opening farms, hoeing corn nnd cotton and mauling rails. Only i..u.,nra in Qan Antotdo flortie mi. 41 gentlemen Ho gave a single touk. the book dropped from his ol the bar. ' mere s piemy m bitb i om ni-hand, aud, before i had time to utter a word, ba called tonio Lalger.